How to apply: Postgraduate degree

MA applications aren't processed through UCAS so we are happy to accept applications throughout the year.

The majority of applications are made through the Autumn and Spring terms. We will accept applications through the summer, however there may be more limited availability for interview dates.

Applicants should be (or about to become) graduates. Preference will be given to good honours graduates although exceptional applicants from a non-academic background will also be considered.

Professional designers, makers, craftspeople and fine artists who wish to reposition their practice may also qualify.

Applicants should have an advanced understanding of their particular discipline and be able to demonstrate their ability to sustain research at MA level. This can be explored at interview, and we would still encourage you to apply.

We believe in making higher education and careers in the arts more accessible to more people.

We look for your passion and your potential, as well as looking at your past grades. We have to assess every applicant's potential to succeed on their chosen course - but we do that in different ways, with portfolios, auditions and interviews all potetnial parts of the process that allow you to showcase yourself in a different way to an application form.

We will consider all applications in a fair, transparent and consistent way, and we have a procedure in place to allow applicants to make an appeal against a decision.

To help support student through the process we offer prospective students an pre-application advisory meeting, on an informal basis.

You can also attend Open Evenings, or contact our teams via email - but if it would help to speak to the team in person before you apply you can contact Dawn or Leon in our Admissions Team on 01432 273359, or e-mail them at registry@hca.ac.uk for more details.

All our MA programmes are 12 or 15 month degrees. We do not currently offer a part-time, two year course.

Unfortunately we can not currently accept international students onto our MA programmes.

If you completed a course at HCA within the last two academic years, you are eligible for an Internal Progression Bursary of £650.

If you qualify, email registry@hca.ac.uk to claim your bursary.