Visual Arts

Suggested Bachelor's

Suggested Master's

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List of Disciplines

Visual Arts as a discipline incorporates fine arts, contemporary arts, applied arts, decorative arts & crafts, and other artistic fields. It has an important cultural component that serves several purposes such as being a source of amusement, evoking emotions, transmitting ideas and much more.

Students pursuing a degree in the Visual Arts have a variety of subfields to select from, including illustration, sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, filmmaking, and visual communication which in turn would help them acquire the aesthetic and technical abilities required to produce a work of art.

They can create artwork, respond to it, and use inspiration as a source of ideas by taking visual arts courses. They will have the ability to think, develop, and respond to their experiences and the art, craft, and design of others. Additionally, in order to explore a wide range of different forms, styles, and concepts, students also learn about the many visual arts skills, techniques, and processes. They are exposed to the visual arts business more and more through the appropriate and skilled use of such artistic techniques.

Thus, Visual Arts include a variety of activities like drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, graphic art, assemblage, collage, conceptual art, installation, performance art, photography, video art, animation, ceramics, studio pottery, mosaic art, tapestry, glass art, body art, face painting, body painting, and many more.

Study levels:

Courses in the field of Visual Arts is offered by colleges and universities in India and abroad at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level via degrees, certificates and diplomas. These include:

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Animation and Visual Effects
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Animation
Bachelor of Arts in Art: Studio
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (Honours)
Bachelor of Arts in Illustration
Bachelor of Arts in Painting
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation & Visual Effects
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation and Video Production
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts
Bachelor of Science in Animation
MA Digital Media Practice: Visualisation
Master in Design
Master in Graphic Design
Master in Visual Arts and Post Contemporary Practice
Master of Arts (MA) in Visual Development
Master of Arts in Digital Communication
Master of Arts in Painting
Master of Arts in Visual & Experience Design
Master of Arts in Visual and Innovation Design
Master of Arts in Visual Arts
Master of arts in Visual Arts Administration
Master of Arts Visual Communication
Postgraduate diplomas/certificates in Visual Arts
Doctor of Philosophy in Visual Arts

Specialisations:

The field of Visual Arts require a certain level of expertise across a broad spectrum as students will be given more opportunities to focus on their interests, choosing a specialisation to focus on and these include:

Acting
Animation
Applied arts
Architecture
Art history
Ceramics
Crafting
Creative Writing
Dance
Digital Compositors
Drawing
Fashion Technology
Film Making
Game Development
Garment Designing
Graphic Designing
Marketing
Painting
Photo Media
Photography
Print Media
Process Engineering
Screen Arts
Sculpture
Theatre
VFX Art
Web Development

Employability

Artists enjoy fulfilling, creative careers that enable them to support themselves while doing what they love. Art can be divided into a number of categories, and artists frequently discover a subgenre that intrigues and motivates them.

Working in the visual arts can involve a variety of sectors, such as the entertainment, fashion, and marketing industries. In this article, we'll cover the definition of visual art, potential workplaces for visual artists, professions in the visual arts, how to break into the field, and necessary qualifications.

Architect
Art Conservator
Art Consultant
Art Critic
Art Director
Art Editor
Artist
Cartoonist
Cinematographer
Curator
Fashion Designer
Furniture Designer
Graphic Designer
Interior Designer
Jewellery Designer
Journalist
Multimedia Consultant
Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
Special Effects Consultant
Teacher
Visual Artist
Visual Designer

Suggested bachelor's in Visual Arts

Education / Fine Art

Aberystwyth University
Wales, United Kingdom
36 Months
Full-Time
14,00,000/ann.
BA (Hons)

Computer Animation Technical Arts

Bournemouth University
England, United Kingdom
36 Months
Full-Time
14,10,000/ann.
BA (Hons)

Visual Effects

Bournemouth University
England, United Kingdom
36 Months
Full-Time
14,10,000/ann.
BA (Hons)

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Suggested Master's in Visual Arts

Illustration

Anglia Ruskin University
England, United Kingdom
12 Months
Full-Time
16,20,000/ann.
MA

Painting

Arts University Bournemouth
England, United Kingdom
12 Months
Full-Time
18,50,000/ann.
MA

Arts

Arts University Bournemouth
England, United Kingdom
12 Months
Full-Time
18,50,000/ann.
MRes

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List of universities

S.No.	Universities	Country
1	Aberystwyth University	Wales, United Kingdom
2	Anglia Ruskin University	England, United Kingdom
3	Arts University Bournemouth	England, United Kingdom
4	Bishop Grosseteste University	England, United Kingdom
5	Bournemouth University	England, United Kingdom
6	Brunel University	England, United Kingdom
7	Canterbury Christ Church University	England, United Kingdom
8	Cardiff University	Wales, United Kingdom
9	Coventry University	England, United Kingdom
10	Falmouth university	England, United Kingdom
11	Glasgow Caledonian University	Scotland, United Kingdom
12	Kingston University	England, United Kingdom
13	Leeds Arts University	England, United Kingdom
14	Liverpool Hope University	England, United Kingdom
15	Loughborough University	England, United Kingdom
16	London South Bank University	England, United Kingdom
17	Staffordshire University	England, United Kingdom
18	Sheffield Hallam University	England, United Kingdom
19	Nottingham Trent University	England, United Kingdom
20	Teesside University	England, United Kingdom
21	Liverpool John Moores University	England, United Kingdom
22	London Metropolitan University	England, United Kingdom
23	Manchester Metropolitan University	England, United Kingdom
24	Norwich University of the Arts	England, United Kingdom
25	Richmond, the American International University in London	England, United Kingdom
26	Robert Gordon University	Scotland, United Kingdom
27	Royal Holloway University of London	England, United Kingdom
28	Solent University	England, United Kingdom
29	Northumbria University	England, United Kingdom
30	Ravensbourne University	England, United Kingdom
31	University of Brighton	England, United Kingdom
32	University of Chichester	England, United Kingdom
33	University of Derby	England, United Kingdom
34	The University of Sheffield	England, United Kingdom
35	Ulster University	Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
36	University for the Creative Arts	England, United Kingdom
37	University of Bolton	England, United Kingdom
38	University of Central Lancashire	England, United Kingdom
39	University of Chester	England, United Kingdom
40	University of Dundee	Scotland, United Kingdom
41	University of Bedfordshire	England, United Kingdom
42	University of Cumbria	England, United Kingdom
43	University of Edinburgh	Scotland, United Kingdom
44	University of Essex	England, United Kingdom
45	University of Exeter	England, United Kingdom
46	University of Glasgow	Scotland, United Kingdom
47	University of Gloucestershire	England, United Kingdom
48	University of Greenwich	England, United Kingdom
49	University of Hertfordshire	England, United Kingdom
50	University of Highlands & Islands	Scotland, United Kingdom
51	University of Huddersfield	England, United Kingdom
52	University of Kent	England, United Kingdom
53	UNiversity of Lancaster	England, United Kingdom
54	University of Leeds	England, United Kingdom
55	University of Lincoln	England, United Kingdom
56	University of Newcastle	England, United Kingdom
57	University of Northampton	England, United Kingdom
58	University of Nottingham	England, United Kingdom
59	University of Plymouth	England, United Kingdom
60	University of Portsmouth	England, United Kingdom
61	University of Reading	England, United Kingdom
62	University of South Wales	Wales, United Kingdom
63	University of Southampton	England, United Kingdom
64	University of Suffolk	England, United Kingdom
65	UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND	England, United Kingdom
66	University of Surrey	England, United Kingdom
67	University of Sussex	England, United Kingdom
68	University of the West of England	England, United Kingdom
69	University of the West of Scotland	Scotland, United Kingdom
70	University of Wales, Trinity Saint David	Wales, United Kingdom
71	University of Warwick	England, United Kingdom
72	University of West London	England, United Kingdom
73	University of Westminster	England, United Kingdom
74	University of Wolverhampton	England, United Kingdom
75	University of Worcester	England, United Kingdom
76	Warwick Business University	England, United Kingdom
77	Wrexham Glyndwr University	Wales, United Kingdom
78	York St. John University	England, United Kingdom
79	Berlin University of the Arts	Berlin, Germany
80	BSP Business & Law School	Berlin, Germany
81	University of Europe for Applied Sciences	Berlin, Germany
82	Free University of Berlin	Berlin, Germany
83	University of Bayreuth	Bavaria, Germany
84	Algoma University	Ontario, Canada
85	Concordia University	Quebec, Canada
86	Dalhousie University	Nova Scotia, Canada
87	Lakehead University	Ontario, Canada
88	MacEwan University	Alberta, Canada
89	The University of British Columbia	British Columbia, Canada
90	Trinity Western university	British Columbia, Canada
91	Bishops University	Quebec, Canada
92	University of Calgary	Alberta, Canada
93	Brock University	Ontario, Canada
94	British Columbia Institute of Technology	British Columbia, Canada
95	American University	District of Columbia, United States
96	Andrews University	Michigan, United States
97	Arizona State University	Arizona, United States
98	Arkansas State University	Arkansas, United States
99	Auburn University	Alabama, United States
100	Augusta University	Georgia, United States
101	Barry University	Florida, United States
102	Baylor University	Texas, United States
103	Binghamton University	New York, United States
104	Boise State University	Idaho, United States
105	Boston University	Massachusetts, United States
106	Brandeis University	Massachusetts, United States
107	Brigham Young University	Utah, United States
108	Brown University	Rhode Island, United States
109	Chapman University	California, United States
110	Clark University	Massachusetts, United States
111	Clarkson University	New York, United States
112	Clemson University	South Carolina, United States
113	Delta State University	Mississippi, United States
114	East Carolina University	North Carolina, United States
115	Eastern Kentucky University	Kentucky, United States
116	Emory University	Georgia, United States
117	Florida Atlantic University	Florida, United States
118	Florida State University	Florida, United States
119	Fordham University	New York, United States
120	George Mason University	Virginia, United States
121	Georgetown University	District of Columbia, United States
122	Georgia State University	Georgia, United States
123	Harvard University	Massachusetts, United States
124	Howard University	District of Columbia, United States
125	Iowa State University	Iowa, United States
126	James Madison University	Virginia, United States
127	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland, United States
128	Kent State University	Ohio, United States
129	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana, United States
130	Marshall University	West Virginia, United States
131	Miami University	Florida, United States
132	Mississippi State University	Mississippi, United States
133	Murray State University	Kentucky, United States
134	North Carolina State University	North Carolina, United States
135	Northern Arizona University	Arizona, United States
136	Oakland University	California, United States
137	Ohio University	Georgia, United States
138	Oregon State University	Oregon, United States
139	Rice University	Texas, United States
140	San Francisco State University	California, United States
141	The Catholic University of America	District of Columbia, United States
142	Thomas Jefferson University	Pennsylvania, United States
143	Tufts University	Massachusetts, United States
144	University of Montana	Montana, United States
145	Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	Indiana, United States
146	University of South Florida	Florida, United States
147	University of Southern California	California, United States
148	Hofstra University	New York, United States
149	New York Film Academy	New York, United States
150	Trent University	Ontario, Canada
151	Deakin University	Victoria, Australia
152	Federation University	Victoria, Australia
153	Macquarie University	New South Wales, Australia
154	Monash University	Victoria, Australia
155	Queensland University of Technology	Queensland, Australia
156	Southern Cross University	Queensland, Australia
157	Swinburne University of Technology	Victoria, Australia
158	The University of Notre Dame	Western Australia, Australia
159	University of Melbourne	Victoria, Australia
160	University of New South Wales	New South Wales, Australia
161	University Senior College	South Australia, Australia
162	University of Tasmania	Tasmania, Australia
163	University of Technology Sydney	New South Wales, Australia
164	University of Wollongong	New South Wales, Australia
165	Flinders University	South Australia, Australia
166	University of Sunshine Coast	Queensland, Australia
167	Victoria University, Sydney	New South Wales, Australia
168	Western Sydney University	New South Wales, Australia
169	RMIT University	Victoria, Australia
170	The University of Adelaide	South Australia, Australia
171	Canberra Institute of Technology	Australian Capital Territory, Australia
172	Griffith University	Queensland, Australia
173	University of South Australia	South Australia, Australia
174	University of Sydney	New South Wales, Australia
175	Billy Blue College of Design	New South Wales, Australia
176	CATC (Commercial Arts Training College) DESIGN SCHOOL	Victoria, Australia
177	Collarts	Victoria, Australia
178	Kangan Institute	Victoria, Australia
179	Melbourne Polytechnic	Victoria, Australia
180	Polytechnic West	Western Australia, Australia
181	QUT International College	Queensland, Australia
182	TAFE NSW	New South Wales, Australia
183	TAFE South Australia	South Australia, Australia
184	TAFE Queensland SkillsTech	Queensland, Australia
185	Torrens University	Victoria, Australia
186	Australian Pacific College	New South Wales, Australia
187	SAE Institutes	Queensland, Australia
188	Bangor University	Wales, United Kingdom
189	Bath and Spa University	England, United Kingdom
190	Buckinghamshire New University	England, United Kingdom
191	The University of Manchester	England, United Kingdom
192	University of Bradford	England, United Kingdom
193	University of East London	England, United Kingdom
194	City University of London	England, United Kingdom
195	Bond University	Queensland, Australia
196	Athlone Institute of Technology	Leinster, Ireland
197	Dundalk Institute of Technology	Leinster, Ireland
198	Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown	Leinster, Ireland
199	National University of Ireland	Connacht, Ireland
200	Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	Connacht, Ireland
201	Griffith College	Leinster, Ireland
202	Dun Laoghaire Institute	Leinster, Ireland
203	Institute of Technology Carlow	Leinster, Ireland
204	Institute of Technology Sligo	Connacht, Ireland
205	Limerick Institute of Technology	Leinster, Ireland
206	National College of Art and Design	Leinster, Ireland
207	Dublin Business School	Leinster, Ireland
208	University College Cork	Munster, Ireland
209	Waterford Institute of Technology	Munster, Ireland
210	University of Limerick	Leinster, Ireland
211	SAE Institute	Auckland Region, New Zealand
212	University of California Riverside	California, United States
213	Auburn University at Montgomery	Alabama, United States
214	Bowling Green State University	Ohio, United States
215	Southeast Missouri State University	Missouri, United States
216	Creighton University	Nebraska, United States
217	Louisiana State University	Louisiana, United States
218	Loyola University Chicago	Illinois, United States
219	Northern Illinois University	Illinois, United States
220	Portland State University	Oregon, United States
221	Western Michigan University	Michigan, United States
222	Yale University	Connecticut, United States
223	Stanford University	California, United States
224	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts, United States
225	Old Dominion University	Virginia, United States
226	Wayne State University	Michigan, United States
227	University of Cincinnati	Ohio, United States
228	University of Connecticut	Connecticut, United States
229	University of Notre Dame	Indiana, United States
230	George Washington University	Washington, United States
231	University of Wisconsin	Wisconsin, United States
232	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Wisconsin, United States
233	University of Wisconsin-Stout	Wisconsin, United States
234	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Wisconsin, United States
235	Truman State University	Missouri, United States
236	Syracuse University	New York, United States
237	University of the Pacific	California, United States
238	University of Delaware	Delaware, United States
239	University of Vermont	Vermont, United States
240	Valdosta State University	Georgia, United States
241	The University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma, United States
242	University of Central Missouri	Missouri, United States
243	Colorado State University	Colorado, United States
244	Purdue University	Indiana, United States
245	The Ohio State University	Ohio, United States
246	University of Nevada	Nevada, United States
247	New Mexico State University	New Mexico, United States
248	Smith College	Massachusetts, United States
249	University of Washington	Washington, United States
250	Texas A&M University	Texas, United States
251	University of California San Diego	California, United States
252	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Texas, United States
253	University of Colarado	Colorado, United States
254	Chandigarh University	Punjab, India
255	Chitkara University	Punjab, India
256	Desh Bhagat University	Punjab, India
257	World University of Design	Haryana, India
258	Poornima University	Rajasthan, India
259	Parul University	Gujarat, India
260	Pearl Academy	Delhi, India
261	Sharda University	Uttar Pradesh, India
262	K L Deemed to be University	Andhra Pradesh, India
263	RIMT University	Punjab, India
264	AAFT University of Media & Arts	Uttar Pradesh, India
265	Ashoka University	Haryana, India
266	Hindusthan College of Arts and Science	Tamil Nadu, India
267	JAIN DEEM TO BE UNIVERSITY	Karnataka, India
268	Presidency University (KARNATAKA)	Karnataka, India
269	Rathinam College	Tamil Nadu, India
270	SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY	Delhi, India
271	Symbiosis International (Deemed University)	Maharashtra, India
272	DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
273	Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
274	Nanyang Technological University	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
275	Singapore Institute of Technology	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
276	Amity Global Institute Singapore	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
277	National Institute of Education	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
278	Mages Institute of Excellence	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
279	Nanyang Polytechnic	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
280	PSB Academy	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
281	Curtin Singapore	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
282	Republic Polytechnic	Central Singapore Community Development Council, Singapore
283	Arunachal University of Studies	Arunachal Pradesh, India
284	Massey University	Wellington Region, New Zealand
285	Box Hill Institute	Victoria, Australia
286	Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd	Canterbury Region, New Zealand
287	University of Canterbury	Canterbury Region, New Zealand
288	Wellington Institute of Technology	Wellington Region, New Zealand
289	Whitecliffe College Of Arts And Design	Auckland Region, New Zealand
290	University of Otago	Otago Region, New Zealand
291	Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington Region, New Zealand
292	Universal College of Learning	Wellington Region, New Zealand
293	Letterkenny Institute of Technology	Ulster, Ireland
294	Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt	Bavaria, Germany
295	University of Bremen	Bremen, Germany
296	University of Giessen	Hesse, Germany
297	University of Hannover	Lower Saxony, Germany
298	Leeds Beckett University	England, United Kingdom
299	Rose Bruford College	England, United Kingdom
300	Royal College of Art UK	England, United Kingdom
301	University of the Arts London	England, United Kingdom
302	University College London	England, United Kingdom
303	Algonquin College	Ontario, Canada
304	Candore College	Ontario, Canada
305	Conestoga College	Ontario, Canada
306	Kwantlen Polytechnic University	British Columbia, Canada
307	Laval University	Quebec, Canada
308	Nipissing University	Ontario, Canada
309	Northern Alberta Institute of Technology	Alberta, Canada
310	Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University	Nova Scotia, Canada
311	OCAD University of Canada	Ontario, Canada
312	Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning courses	Ontario, Canada
313	Sheridan College	Ontario, Canada
314	Simon Fraser University	British Columbia, Canada
315	St. Thomas University	New Brunswick, Canada
316	University of Alberta	Alberta, Canada
317	University of Manitoba	Manitoba, Canada
318	University of Ottawa	Ontario, Canada
319	Selkirk College	British Columbia, Canada
320	Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology	Ontario, Canada
321	California State University	California, United States
322	Cornell University	New York, United States
323	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania, United States
324	New School	New York, United States
325	New York University	New York, United States
326	Texas Tech University	Texas, United States
327	The University of Utah	Utah, United States
328	University of Arizona	Arizona, United States
329	University of Chicago	Illinois, United States
330	University of Houston	Texas, United States
331	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Louisiana, United States
332	University of Memphis	Tennessee, United States
333	University of Missouri-Kansas City Volker Campus	Missouri, United States
334	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma, United States
335	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	New York, United States
336	The New School	New York, United States
337	The University of Tennessee Knoxville USA	Tennessee, United States
338	University of Arkansas Pine Bluff	Arkansas, United States
339	University of California Davis	California, United States
340	University of California, Santa Barbara	California, United States
341	University of Idaho	Idaho, United States
342	University of Florida	Florida, United States
343	University of Hawaii	Hawaii, United States
344	University of Maine	Maine, United States
345	University of Michigan	Michigan, United States
346	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	Minnesota, United States
347	University of Missouri	Missouri, United States
348	University of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania, United States
349	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	Wisconsin, United States
350	William and Mary	Virginia, United States
351	Birmingham City University	England, United Kingdom
352	De Montfort University	England, United Kingdom
353	Durham University	England, United Kingdom
354	Cardiff Metropolitan University	England, United Kingdom
355	Middlesex University	England, United Kingdom
356	Oxford Brookes University	England, United Kingdom
357	Queen Mary University of London	England, United Kingdom
358	Australian Health and Management Institute	New South Wales, Australia
359	Curtin University	Western Australia, Australia
360	National Art School	New South Wales, Australia
361	TAFE International Western Australia	Western Australia, Australia
362	Mount Allison University	New Brunswick, Canada
363	Queens University	Ontario, Canada