Course details
This postgraduate diploma programme is designed to educate artists to a level appropriate to professional practice or for progression to doctoral studies and is an option within the Master of Fine Art (MFA) programme. The MFA is a joint Burren College of Art/NUI Galway programme based at the Burren College of Art (BCA), Ballyvaughan, Co Clare. Students register as full students of NUI Galway. The programme operates in association with the Royal College of Art, London, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, both or which provide visiting faculty to the programme.
Key facts
Entry requirements
Bachelors degree with honours in Fine Art (First class or 2:1, or a GPA of 3.50 or above) or evidence of equivalent achievement. In the case of an outstanding portfolio, a Bachelors degree with a lower second class / 2.2 honours/GPA of 3.00 may be accepted.
Requirements and assessment
Final examination is by exhibition at the end of the programme.
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