Film and Television Studies / Fine Art at Aberystwyth University

Film and Television studies and Fine Art at Aberystwyth University will allow you to develop new or broaden and deepen your skills in painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, book illustration, experimental film, installation and site-specific performance. This programme offers you training that connects traditional skills with contemporary practice and theory with industry links such as The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, BBC, S4C, and Boomerang+ Plc. On completion of this degree, you will emerge with real world capabilities, enabling you to pursue careers in the creative industry. 

Why study  Film and Television studies with Fine Art at Aberystwyth University? 

• Benefit from the disciplined acquisition of technical expertise, the formation of creative intelligence, and an historical, critical, theoretical and contemporary aware of Fine Art practice.
• The Department of Theatre, Film and Television studies is a vibrant and creative department where drama and theatre, film and media, and scenography and theatre design collide.
• Make a valued contribution to a close community of students and staff within a well-respected School of Art that was established in 1917.
• Students will benefit from our superb facilities and resources for practical work in film and television: 3 Camera High Definition television studio and gallery with chroma key and auto-cue capability; 30 editing systems - Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro software; 50 industry standard HD cameras – P2 and AVCHD formats; DSLR and GoPro cameras available.
• Gain access to excellent teaching facilities that include well-lit studios for painting, darkrooms, print workshops, a MAC suite, seminar rooms, lecture theatre, galleries and a museum all housed in a magnificent Grade II* listed building.
• We have been awarded Accredited Museum Status by Arts Council England. This demonstrates that our collection care and management are at the highest standard. 
• Our students benefit from connections with key industry partners such as BBC, Tribeca Film Festival, S4C, Fiction Factory, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ffresh Film Festival, BAFTA, Avid, and Arad Goch.
• Learn from experienced staff who are internationally renowned artists, curators and art historians.
• Enjoy our close association with the university Arts Centre that is one of the largest in the UK and a major venue for exhibitions by contemporary artists and designers.
• Participate in our study visits within the UK or abroad (destinations have included Madrid, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, New York, Vienna, Barcelona, Venice, Moscow, St Petersburg, Florence, Budapest and Lisbon).
• Enter the degree scheme directly from school or from a foundation course.

What can I do with a Fine Art / Film and Television Studies degree?

Many of our graduates have been successful finding employment in these fields:

• Researchers, editors, floor managers, camera operators, designers and directors for film and television production companies;
• Film distribution;
• Freelance film-making;
• Marketing and Public Relations;
• Film festival programming;
• Advertising;
• Arts administration;
• Education.

As well as establishing careers as practicing artists with significant exhibition profiles, our graduates have become employees within:

• Design Council;
• Arts Council;
• Tate Gallery;
• Victoria and Albert Museum;
• Royal Academy of Arts;
• Carlton Television;
• The Observer;
• Saachi Gallery;
• Damien Hirst;
• BBC;
• Viz magazine;
• Royal Collections Trust.