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The Courtauld Institute of Art

Scores

• Student satisfaction              3.7
• Research assessment         7.0
• Student/staff ratio                12.8
• Completion                          90.7
• Good honours                     84.1
• Graduate prospects           77.3
• Entry standards                420.0

History

• Founded by the politician Viscount Lee of Fareham, the industrialist Samuel Courtauld, and the lawyer Sir Robert Witt in 1932.
• Originally located in Portman Square, until the move to Somerset House in 1989.
• Currently celebrating its 75^th anniversary.

Location and Transport

• The Institute and its Gallery are based in central London, close to many cultural institutions, theatres, cinemas, clubs and the West End.
• Somerset House is one of the most important neo-Classical buildings in the country.
• Central location within easy access of mainline stations, the underground and buses.  

Accommodation

• We offer accommodation in our own private rooms, and within the Intercollegiate Halls of the University of London.
• Our students have access to the University of LondonAccommodation Office, to find both private accommodation and flatmates.
• For more information on accommodation at Courtauld, please visit the website. 

Entry standards

• The standard A level offer for the BA History of Art in 2008 is AAB.
• Usual entry requirements for postgraduate courses is a good 2.1 (an overall average of 65%) in a relevant subject.
• For more details on entry standards at Courtauld, see the website.

Bursaries and Scholarships

In receipt of full or partial Maintenance Grant: £319

• Tuition fees (2009): £3,225.
• Courtauld Bursary. The Institute will also award bursaries of £4,000 to four students in receipt of the full Higher Education Maintenance Grant who come from a group defined by HESA as being under-represented in Higher Education. Priority shall be given to students: i) who have been educated in the state sector (where Art History is not normally offered as part of the curriculum), ii) who live in neighbourhoods defined as having low higher education participation rates, iii) who come from families classified as socio-economic groups 4–7.
• For information on fees and scholarships at Courtauld, please click here.

Student mix

• 81% female students, 19% male students.
• 77% home and EU students, 23% overseas students.
• 6 applications per place on the BA History of Art; 3 applications per place on the MA History of Art; 8 applications per place on the MA Curating the Art Museum.

Course flexibility

• Full-time degree courses.
• Full or part-time research.
• Many short courses and summer schools.

Teaching standards

• We received the highest rating in the recent Quality Assurance Agency Institutional Audit.
• All classes are taught in small groups which, means students get to know their teachers (and fellow students) very well.

Research standards

• We were awarded 5* in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.

Academic strengths

• World-class academic staff
• Alumni include distinguished art historians, novelists, artists and poets, art dealers, journalists and the heads of major museums and galleries.

Student facilities, including Library and Computing

• The book library provides access to a significant art historical collection at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• The other libraries contain more than 200,000 slides, photographs, architectural drawings, sculpture and illuminated manuscripts.
• IT centre provides private study areas, computers, printing and scanning facilites, technical support, internet café and wireless internet access.

Students' Union

• All students are invited to join the Student Union of the Institute and participate in its activities.
• Students at the institute are also entitled to make use of the University of London Union in Malet Street.
• Facilities at ULU include a music venue, bars, café, shop and fitness centre, which includes a swimming pool.
• For details of the Students' Union at Courtauld, please visit the website.

Sport

• Students may participate in the wide variety of University of London sports teams and organizations.

Recent/prospective new builds

• The Institute is located in Somerset House, a spectacular and historically important Georgian building in the centre of London.

Availability of part-time work

• Some work available within the institute, mainly on an ad-hoc basis.
• Many external opportunities within the surrounding area of Central London.

For further information

• www.courtauld.ac.uk
• ugadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk
• The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN        
• +44 (0) 20 7872 0220
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