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Camberwell or Chelsea for BA Fine Art

Recently I received an offers from both Camberwell and Chelsea for their undergraduate Fine Arts courses (Fine Art Painting for Camberwell) and I am slightly stuck with which one to pick. I was wondering what peoples experiences have been on both of these courses and their personal views surrounding the colleges.

Reply 1

Heyyyy! I am still waiting for an answer from Camberwell. I had my interview in the end of January and still haven't heard back. When did you receive your offers? And talking about the differences, Camberwell is more focused on some academic skills, like there is much more work. You need to have a strong theory base to study there. Chelsea fine art, as I heard, is more focused on exhibitions, on experiments, on the way you think and etc. Also Chelsea is more prestigious. I am a bit upset down that I applied only to Camberwell. You need to choose painting course only if you want to become ONLY a painter in the future. However, I also heard that Camb's enviroment is more friendly.
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by kiloony
Heyyyy! I am still waiting for an answer from Camberwell. I had my interview in the end of January and still haven't heard back. When did you receive your offers? And talking about the differences, Camberwell is more focused on some academic skills, like there is much more work. You need to have a strong theory base to study there. Chelsea fine art, as I heard, is more focused on exhibitions, on experiments, on the way you think and etc. Also Chelsea is more prestigious. I am a bit upset down that I applied only to Camberwell. You need to choose painting course only if you want to become ONLY a painter in the future. However, I also heard that Camb's enviroment is more friendly.
Hey, I had an interview from camberwell painting on the 25th of feb and got an offer on the 3rd of march. hopefully you'll get yours soon

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by kiloony
Heyyyy! I am still waiting for an answer from Camberwell. I had my interview in the end of January and still haven't heard back. When did you receive your offers? And talking about the differences, Camberwell is more focused on some academic skills, like there is much more work. You need to have a strong theory base to study there. Chelsea fine art, as I heard, is more focused on exhibitions, on experiments, on the way you think and etc. Also Chelsea is more prestigious. I am a bit upset down that I applied only to Camberwell. You need to choose painting course only if you want to become ONLY a painter in the future. However, I also heard that Camb's enviroment is more friendly.


I had my interview in late February and got my offer on the 3rd of March!! I hope you hear back soon!

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by worthyPigeon59
Recently I received an offers from both Camberwell and Chelsea for their undergraduate Fine Arts courses (Fine Art Painting for Camberwell) and I am slightly stuck with which one to pick. I was wondering what peoples experiences have been on both of these courses and their personal views surrounding the colleges.


still waiting to hear anything at all from UAL , could i ask when you submitted your portfolio and what grades/ qualifications you have. would help a lot thankyou!

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by Anonymous
still waiting to hear anything at all from UAL , could i ask when you submitted your portfolio and what grades/ qualifications you have. would help a lot thankyou!


Hii, I think I submitted it in early February and had my interview in late February. I am currently studying ALevels - art, photography and film. I’m predicted AAB. I hope this helps!!

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