BFA Programme

The BFA is a three-year, studio-based course in which students work alongside each other in collaboratively organised studios. It allows students to engage with the diversity of disciplines that shape…

History

Dating from 1871, when John Ruskin first opened his School of Drawing, the Ruskin School of Art has enjoyed a variety of guises, and an ever-growing reputation.

Ruskin Degree Shows 2020

The BFA and MFA Degree Shows 2020 will be open to the public on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June 2020.

DPhil Programme

The Ruskin DPhil programme includes two strands: the practice-led DPhil (which includes a substantial written component) and the contemporary art history and theory DPhil (by written thesis only).

MFA Programme

The Ruskin MFA degree is an intensive one year* studio-based programme in the practice of contemporary art. You will be part of a small cohort on a course designed to direct and develop your artistic practice and theoretical knowledge in…

Ruskin Summer Programme 2020

The Ruskin School of Art is launching its Summer Programme 2020 with a core schedule of courses with Sarah Simblet and Eleanor Crook. The Summer Programme will be augmented with…

The Ruskin tops the Complete University Guide league table for Art & Design 2020

The Ruskin, as the department of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, has once again topped the UK for the study of art and design.

Research at the Ruskin

The Ruskin School of Art provides an exceptional environment in which research through art making is entwined with research about contemporary art, each mode of enquiry enriching the other within…

Undergraduate Open Days

In 2020, the Open Days (for undergraduate entry in 2021) will be on Wednesday 1 and Thursday July, and Friday 18 September. Prospective applicants may also want to visit the Ruskin Degree Shows, which will be open to the public…

Study at the Ruskin

The Ruskin School of Art is the Fine Art Department of the University of Oxford. It provides an exceptional teaching and research environment that enables cutting-edge contemporary artists, art historians…

Ruskin Alumni

At the Ruskin we take an enormous pride in our current and past members of the Fine Art department and the positive contribution they have made to the history of artists that have graduated from the University of Oxford.