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Original post by dowell1475
I have also looked into Cambridge, would it be better to study HoA is Cambridge or in Oxford?

HoA in UAL sounds good also. I'll look into UEA, it looks nice, although I would prefer to be closer to London to be able to attend acting and castings. Are there any good unis for HoA in Scotland? I've heard Edinburgh has great a theatre scene


Goldsmiths in London has a strong HoA course. As does UCL.

Up in Scotland Edinburgh (Edinburgh College of Art) is going to be "the best" but is tough to get an offer from.

Have a look into the course content to find out whether you would be able to include any practical art work as well as theory. There's a lot of variety (some courses are in a general history dept, others are in a special history of art and others are linked to a fine art degree and have more practice options).
Oh and a good backup choice would be https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduates/2018/history-of-art-and-museum-studies (if only because of the great links to galleries and museums in the area (including the Tate) and the curatorial aspects...plus there's a strong theatre and media industry in the NW so you wouldn't be missing out on that side of things).
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Original post by PQ
Goldsmiths in London has a strong HoA course. As does UCL.

Up in Scotland Edinburgh (Edinburgh College of Art) is going to be "the best" but is tough to get an offer from.

Have a look into the course content to find out whether you would be able to include any practical art work as well as theory. There's a lot of variety (some courses are in a general history dept, others are in a special history of art and others are linked to a fine art degree and have more practice options).


You saved me from tagging you :yy:
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Original post by Doonesbury
Ha! Ok thanks.

And actually usually Oxford has the reputation of being more "old-fashioned" than Cambridge... whereas both are really quite similar.

You will need to visit these places and see for yourself. There's plenty of old, and new, in both cities.

The colleges all have their own art collections, plus there are some world class museums. e.g. http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/collections

Or modern art (and brutalist architecture) at Churchill College, Cambridge, for example, if that's the kind of thing you like:
https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/about/art-collection/
Although many colleges have a mix of very old, and postmodern, buildings.


I'm quite impressed with Cambridge. I'll visit my list of unis this summer and I'll come back here to tell you how it went. You have helped me a whole lot, thank you very much for everything!!:smile:
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Original post by dowell1475
I'm quite impressed with Cambridge. I'll visit my list of unis this summer and I'll come back here to tell you how it went. You have helped me a whole lot, thank you very much for everything!!:smile:


Excellent And pay close attention to PQs advice. Unlike me, she *is* an expert.
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Original post by PQ
Oh and a good backup choice would be https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduates/2018/history-of-art-and-museum-studies (if only because of the great links to galleries and museums in the area (including the Tate) and the curatorial aspects...plus there's a strong theatre and media industry in the NW so you wouldn't be missing out on that side of things).


Fine art and art history combined sounds very interesting. Thank you for the recommendations!!!

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