Sculpture and Expanded Practice

at National College of Art and Design

Year 1
 

First Year Studies Modules
 

Year 2 & Final Year

Through years 2 and 3 students should continue to gain confidence and fluency in a broad range of 3D skills. In these years you will be asked to identify a strong personal direction for your sculptural practice through directed learning and independent self-directed study. You will have your own generous studio space and large workshops to access daily. Modules, projects, formal lectures and informal seminars will expose you to distinctive approaches, theories and techniques specific to contemporary sculpture and also expanded practices like installation, socially engaged practice and lens based media. There is a distinct emphasis on research skills which will help you navigate through questions like: How do I test this material? Who is my art for? How do I make work for the public domain?
 

Year 3: Studio + & International

Studio+ is an optional year between the second and final year of your degree. Open to all Fine Art students, it offers the opportunity to gain experience in a range of social and cultural contexts in the world beyond NCAD. This experience will be gained through work with different organisations with links to the School of Fine Art and will help you to build your skills as an artist. Studio+ can also include a period of study abroad through the Erasmus programme with internationally recognised art faculties partnered with NCAD.

Leaving Cert: 6 Subjects (2 X H5 and 4 X O6/H7)
 

• Subjects must include English, Irish and one of the following: a third language or Art or Design & Communication Graphics (DCG)

FETAC: 5 Distinctions Full Award
 

English Language Requirement
 

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
 

• An average score of 6.5 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
 

• A minimum score of 90 is required in the Internet based TOEFL (iBT) with no less than 21 in writing and at least 19 in every other section.

Non EU/International Fees
 

• €16,500

We have many vivid examples of students self-starting and creating residencies, studios, pop up exhibitions and all forms of cultural entrepreneurship.
 

Our graduates are enabled to find imaginative, creative ways forward in the rapidly changing landscapes of our time.