Master’s degree · MA
Contemporary Art Practice MA
Royal College of Art · School of Arts & Humanities · Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- Contemporary Art Practice MAMA
- Subject
- Fine Arts
- Format
- On campus1 year / 45 week programme
- Tuition
- £17,850whole program, September 2027 entry
About this program
Contemporary Art Practice MA MA at the Royal College of Art, one year full-time.
- Department
- School of Arts & Humanities
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Contemporary Art Practice MAMA
- Award family
- MAA Master of Arts. It is not relabelled as an MFA.
- Academic level
- Master’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Fine Arts | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
Verified in official recordOffice for Students registerDegree-awarding authorityUK
Reference: UKPRN 10007777
Scope: Institution-wide: own research degree awarding powers (date of award 1967)
Stated by the schoolRoyal Charter (RCA) / Office for Students (regulator)Institutional accreditation or recognitionUK
Scope: Institution-wide: school-stated Royal Charter and OfS regulation
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 1 year / 45 week programme
- Intakes
- September 2027
- Campus
- Battersea
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home feeTuition · mandatory | £17,850whole program, September 2027 entry | Home (subsidised) | 23 October 2026Source |
| International feeTuition · mandatory | £43,000whole program, September 2027 entry | Overseas and EU | 23 October 2026Source |
Published program total: £17,850 (Home students). Whole-program tuition as published.
Studio fees, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, compulsory travel, residencies and exhibition charges are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; art students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: portfolio requirement.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)