Funding your course
Bursaries
At the Academy we are passionate about finding ways to help the many students who come to us with the determination and talent to make it as practicing artists, but lacking the financial means to fulfil their potential. We believe that students deserve as much help as possible, so we make a number of bursaries available to our Degree and Pre-Degree students to enable them to study Fine Art.
Some of our bursaries can be applied for at the same time as making your application to study with us, some should be discussed at interview.
If your financial situation changes during study, you should inform our Course Coordinator as soon as possible so a review can take place and we can do our best to help you.
When applying for a bursary you will need to provide various personal details including proof of income for yourself or the income provider in your household.
Bankside Bursaries
We are celebrating signing the lease for our new campus at Bankside, which will make Tate Modern our new neighbours! And as part of those celebrations we are offering a limited number of special bursaries of 50% for new students applying for the BA (Hons) Contemporary Portraiture programme. This amazing opportunity will be available for new starters joining the next academic year 23/24 and will cover the duration of your programme, subject to changes in your circumstances*
Are you eligible to halve your tuition fees? find out in the Q&A below. You need to fill in an application for the BA in Contemporary Portraiture first and request the Bankside Bursary form at the end. Bursaries will be offered on a first come first serve basis, and the deadline Sunday 27 August.
1. Who can apply for the Bankside Bursaries?
You must have accepted an offer to study at the Art Academy London on our undergraduate degree for Contemporary Portraiture. Your household income must be below £40k or £60k where there are a number of dependants in the household. Preference will be given to students living in London.
2. Do I have to apply for the bursary each year?
Academic bursaries are applied for, and allocated on, an annual basis (though it is likely that bursary awards will be honoured over subsequent years of your programme, unless you have a significant change in your financial circumstances).
3. How much financial support can The Academy provide?
You can get a bursary for an amount up to the value of 50% of the annual tuition fees. In all cases an applicant must be able to pay the remainder of the course fees. The value of the bursary is deducted from the fee amount payable. If you decide to pay the remainder of the fees termly or by a payment plan, these will be subject to published surcharges. Fees for subsequent years are subject to annual inflationary increases (of not more than 5%), prior to the deduction of the awarded bursary amount.
Who can apply for bursaries?
You must have accepted an offer to study at the Art Academy London on an undergraduate degree or our Foundation course.
Your household income must be below £40k or £60k where there are a number of dependants in the household.
How much financial support can the Academy provide?
Our bursaries are for up to 30% of the annual tuition fees, with a new bursary specifically for people studying the BA in Contemporary Portraiture of 50% of the annual tuition fees.
In all cases an applicant must be able to pay the remainder of the course fees and living costs. The value of the bursary is deducted from the fee amount payable.
If you decide to pay the remainder of the fees termly or by a payment plan, these will be subject to published surcharges. Fees for subsequent years are subject to annual inflationary increases (of not more than 5%), prior to the deduction of the awarded bursary amount.
Do I have to apply for the bursary each year?
Academic bursaries are applied for, and allocated on, an annual basis (though it is likely that bursary awards will be honoured over subsequent years of your programme, unless you have a significant change in your financial circumstances).
What is expected of me as a bursary recipient?
We want all of our students to do well and there are no ‘performance’ related conditions with the Academic Bursary. However, bursary recipients are required to meet the Academy’s minimum attendance requirement of 80%, adhere to the student charter, regulations and policies. Failure to meet these requirements may result in reduction in, or withdrawal of your bursary offers in subsequent years.
As a recipient of a bursary you agree to allow the Academy to use your work, likeness and name in any promotional activities intended to raise funds for academic bursaries. From time to time, you may also be requested to attend fundraising events, to this end.
Bankside Bursaries
We are celebrating signing the lease for our new campus at Bankside, which will make Tate Modern our new neighbours! And as part of those celebrations we are offering a limited number of special bursaries of 50% for new students applying for the BA (Hons) Contemporary Portraiture programme. This amazing opportunity will be available for new starters joining the next academic year 23/24 and will cover the duration of your programme, subject to changes in your circumstances
Are you eligible to halve your tuition fees? find out in the Q&A below. You need to fill in an application for the BA in Contemporary Portraiture first and request the Bankside Bursary form at the end. Bursaries will be offered on a first come first serve basis, and the deadline Sunday 27 August.
1. Who can apply for the Bankside Bursaries?
You must have accepted an offer to study at the Art Academy London on our undergraduate degree for Contemporary Portraiture. Your household income must be below £40k or £60k where there are a number of dependants in the household. Preference will be given to students living in London.
2. Do I have to apply for the bursary each year?
Academic bursaries are applied for, and allocated on, an annual basis (though it is likely that bursary awards will be honoured over subsequent years of your programme, unless you have a significant change in your financial circumstances).
3. How much financial support can The Academy provide?
You can get a bursary for an amount up to the value of 50% of the annual tuition fees. In all cases an applicant must be able to pay the remainder of the course fees. The value of the bursary is deducted from the fee amount payable. If you decide to pay the remainder of the fees termly or by a payment plan, these will be subject to published surcharges. Fees for subsequent years are subject to annual inflationary increases (of not more than 5%), prior to the deduction of the awarded bursary amount.