Applications for 2026 are now open
Before starting your application, please ensure that you read and refer to all available guidance. Once you have all the required documentation ready, you can proceed to our Online Application System via the Apply Now button below.
We start assessing all submitted applications after the published equal consideration application deadline. All late applications are released and assessed on a rolling basis.
Programmes may have different application deadlines. Please ensure you note the deadline for the programme(s) you wish to apply for. We may not be able to accept late applications unless otherwise stated.
There is one application portal for all graduate / postgraduate programmes (excluding the PhD and MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image).
MA History of Art
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: 12 January 2026
Graduate Diploma in the History of Art
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: TBC April 2026
MA Conservation of Easel Paintings
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: 12 January 2026
Interviews: Around 18 applicants are selected for interview for the six available places and a short waiting list. The selection process has several components: Interviews are held online and will take place in February 2026. Interviewees will be asked to complete a practical test to assess manual dexterity and colour matching. Photographs of finished tests must be submitted before the interviews, and physical tests returned by post by the end of the interview period. A short online slide test will be set to assess observational skills. Interviewees are asked to submit a portfolio of photographs of a small sample of original artwork by them. Students must have normal colour vision and a colour vision test is carried out online.
Full instructions will be given to those shortlisted for interview.
MA Conservation of Wall Paintings
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: 12 January 2026
MA in Buddhist Art History and Conservation
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: 12 January 2026
MA Preventive Conservation
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: 12 January 2026
MA Art and Business
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: 12 January 2026
MA Curating
Equal Consideration Application Deadline: 12 January 2026
MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image
Applications for this programme can be submitted through the KCL website.
Please see KCL’s webpage for this programme to see details of entry requirements.
PhD Research
Before you can submit a full PhD programme application, you must send a Pre-Application and your CV to pgadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk
A Pre-Application will consist of a proposed Research title and name of a proposed supervisor(s), together with a 300-word summary of the research project.
We will assess your pre-application and discuss your proposal with your preferred supervisor before providing feedback.
We will be accepting pre-application proposals for the 2026/7 academic year from 1 September 2025 onward.
Pre-Application Deadline: 17 November 2025
Once you are invited to submit a Full Programme Application, you will be provided with a link to the main Programme Application Portal.
Full Programme Application Deadline: 8 January 2026
Please note that students requiring a visa to study in the UK cannot study part-time.
