Study Abroad and Student Exchanges
Study Trips Abroad
There are regular study trips abroad, usually one each semester for four to seven days. These are organised by the department and are optional but must be self-funded. Recent trips have been to New York, the Venice Biennale, Madrid, Florence and Berlin. These visits support both the art history and studio components of the degree, and increase your artistic knowledge and experience.
Students can also apply for funding for individual research trips from the Bartlett Travel Scholarships scheme, a fund of approximately £4,000 a year. Application is through a written submission that is assessed by a panel of Fine Art Tutors.
Fine Art - Student Exchanges
Fine art is fundamentally an international subject, studying abroad as part of your degree programme can provide a valuable and stimulating part of your academic career. The experience can expand your perspectives, broaden and challenge your understanding of different cultures and languages, allow you to acquire new life skills and experiences and enhance your future career prospects. Exchange students who come to study in Fine Art at Newcastle also make a valuable contribution to the international perspective of the course.
All undergraduates are eligible for selection for international exchanges, which normally take place in the second semester of the third year for one semester. Newcastle University participates in the Socrates-Erasmus exchange programme and has student mobility agreements. In addition, we welcome applications from EU students who want to study just one or two semester with us on a fee-paying basis.
Fine Art has established links through the Erasmus scheme and independently with a number of institutions and artists' groups world-wide. Annual student exchanges take place with art schools in Munich, Bremen, Bratislava, Krakow, Ghent, Melbourne and Istanbul, Warsaw, Zurich, Rotterdam, Bergen and Tromso. Students have also arranged periods of study themselves in other art departments in the USA, Switzerland, Germany, Finland and Holland.
