Portfolio

Hello! I'm applying for an illustration course 2025 for uni of Edinburgh through UCAS and I was wondering if you have to send your portfolio with your application or wait for an email after you applied. I checked the website but I didn't really understand •ᴗ•

Hiya, you’re right that Edinburgh’s website is unclear, but I’m applying for Fine Art degrees up and down the U.K. and for most of them they’ve said you’ll get an email after you apply, and you usually have between 2 and 4 weeks from receiving that email in which to submit your portfolio.
I’d recommend just sending them an email and seeing if they respond, I did that for Loughborough and they got back to me 👍

Hello! Usually when you apply for an art course they will send you an email after you've submitted your UCAS and they've had time to review your application asking you for your portfolio link. (Usually 1-3 weeks or so) They don't expect it to be linked to your personal statement or anything.

Hello! Usually when you apply for an art course they will send you an email after you've submitted your UCAS and they've had time to review your application asking you for your portfolio link. (Usually 1-3 weeks or so) They don't expect it to be linked to your personal statement or anything.

so for fine art courses, in the email they send you after youve submitted - will they ask for a specific brief for like your portfolio to be centred around a theme of your asking, or will they just ask for a collection of your works?

so for fine art courses, in the email they send you after youve submitted - will they ask for a specific brief for like your portfolio to be centred around a theme of your asking, or will they just ask for a collection of your works?