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MA Fine Art CSM vs RCA 2025 (Advice Please!!!)

Hi Everyone,

I currently have offers from both CSM for an MA in Fine Art and the RCA for Contemporary Art Practice.

As an international student unable to attend either open-day in person, it would be great if any current students or alumni could illuminate me on their experience and advise me on which choice I should lean toward. Or even suggest the pros and cons of either option.

Thank you!

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Original post by Dev3333
Hi Everyone,
I currently have offers from both CSM for an MA in Fine Art and the RCA for Contemporary Art Practice.
As an international student unable to attend either open-day in person, it would be great if any current students or alumni could illuminate me on their experience and advise me on which choice I should lean toward. Or even suggest the pros and cons of either option.
Thank you!

Hi @Dev3333 ,

Congrats on receiving offers from CSM and RCA, that's amazing to hear!

As you're an international student that can't attend in person, I can definitely recommend attending online open event for MA Fine Art at CSM if you haven't signed up already! Here you'd be able to hear from students and the course team as well as ask questions first-hand! Link here. It's on the 20th Feb 🙂

There are also 2 virtual Discovery Webinars about postgraduate study in general on the 26th February to give you more information overall. Link here.

I hope these links are useful and wish you the best of luck with your decision! 😊

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