Creative Arts at Aberystwyth University

This unique learning experience at Aberystwyth University allows the students to follow a self-directed pathway through and across our four creative disciplines simultaneously; Fine Art, Creative Writing, Theatre, Performance and Scenography, and Film & Television. Through the core modules: Interdisciplinary Practice 1, 2 & 3 students will develop a portfolio of self - directed creative projects, they will have the opportunity to present their projects in an annual public event at the RIBA award-winning Aberystwyth Arts Centre, staging their site-specific intervention projects in and around the centre, in one of the UK’s largest Arts Centre’s and ‘national flagship for the arts’ with over 70,000 visitors a year. You will also develop key skills in professional practice through self-directed research projects, giving you the opportunity to work directly within the creative industry.

Why study Creative Arts at Aberystwyth University?

• Benefit from one of the largest Arts Centres in the UK, Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
• Learn from practicing artists, authors, arts administrators and performers.
• Excel with your links with the creative industries locally, nationally and internationally.
• Experience a different culture and study in one of our partnered Universities across Europe or further afield with the Erasmus + programme or Aberystwyth's International Exchange Programme. 
•  A degree from the well-established department, the School of Art has history that goes back to 1917, making us one of only a few British Universities to be concerned with the Arts and Crafts Movement.
• Create and learn within state-of-the-art teaching facilities; well-lit studios for painting, dark rooms, print workshops, a MAC suite, as well as lecture theatres and seminar rooms.

What career opportunities are the for me on completion of this degree?

Our graduates have moved on to become employees in the following:

• Design Council;
• Arts Council;
• Tate Gallery;
• Royal Academy;
• Carlton Television;
• The Observer;
• Saachi Gallery;
• Damien Hirst;
• BBC.

Some of our graduates are currently:

• Secondary School teachers;
• Art Gallery Managers and Curators;
• Children’s book illustrators;
• Photographers;
• Graphic designers;
• Art directors in publishing.
• Medical Illustrators

How does the degree prepare me for my career?

You will gain skills that are highly valued by employers:

• Conceive creative solutions for specific problems;
• Research, evaluate and organise information;
• Clear communication both written and spoken;
• Work independently and with others;
• Time organisation;
• Self-motivation and discipline.