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The Art History programme at the University of Aberdeen encompasses the study of art, architecture, and curation, covering various media and techniques. Our research-led teaching situates European art in its global connectedness and its full complexities, while our practical engagement with artworks beyond the classroom develops and enhances both vocational and transferable skills. You will study at a university steeped in 500 years of social and artistic development, and in an Art History department recognised for its high levels of student satisfaction.

Year 1: Introduction to Art History; Academic Writing for Divinity, History & Philosophy; Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen; Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art; Encountering Art: Museums Through History.

Year 2: Art Matters: Materials and Techniques; Art and Protest; What is Art?

Years 3: Materialising Faith: Women, Art and Religion, 1150 - 1500; Performance Art and Its Aftermath; Curation: Theory and Practice; The Twelfth - Century Renaissance; Art & Society in 18th Century England.

Year 4: History of Art Dissertation

Entry Requirements

2027 entry requirements:

Standard entry:
4 Highers at BBBB plus English at National 5.

For second year entry you would require two Advanced Highers at AB.

Widening access entry:
3 Highers at BBC plus English at National 5.

1 Foundation Apprenticeship is accepted in place of a Higher.