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Sotheby’s Institute of Art offers a range of scholarships and financial aid/bursaries across all of its Postgraduate Master’s programmes.

Scholarship applicants can receive up to a maximum of 50% of the tuition fees for all London Master’s Degree programmes based on academic merit. Please note the scholarship terms and conditions below.

Financial aid/bursary applicants can receive up to a maximum of 25% of the tuition fees for all London postgraduate programmes (MA degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas). Please note financial aid/bursary awards are not based on academic merit but awarded on the basis of financial need.

You may apply for either financial aid/bursary or a scholarship, or both, by completing the relevant sections on our application form. Financial aid applications are reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year. If you are applying for a scholarship you will need to submit a completed essay in addition to your completed application form chosen from the list below and send to us by 30 April 2009. Your essay can be forwarded to us after you complete and submit your application form to arrive no later than 30 April 2009.

Financial aid/bursary applications are accepted up to 30 June, 2009 for entry onto all postgraduate programmes starting in September, 2009. Scholarship applications are accepted up to 30 April, 2009.

Please note that Sotheby’s Institute of Art receives a very high volume of applications each year and is therefore regrettably unable to provide detailed feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
For further information on scholarships, financial aid and bursaries, and for entry onto all postgraduate programmes in London, please contact Venetia Hill-Perkins, email: v.hill-perkins@sothebysinstitute.com.

Scholarships Terms and Conditions

1) The Sotheby’s Institute of Art Limited (the ‘Institute’) Scholarships are open to applicants who have applied for an Institute postgraduate (MA) course.

2) The deadline, 30 April 2009, is final. We will not, under any circumstances, accept applications after this date.

3) Applicants for a scholarship should submit a completed course application form and choose and complete one of the following essays. Please note that scholarship applicants must choose and submit the essay that relates to the MA subject that they have applied for:

MA Contemporary Art (please choose one)
Discuss the significance of the human body as a motif in the work of a contemporary artist of your choice.

Discuss the work of a contemporary artist who is, in your opinion, over- or under-rated in today’s art world. Explain the reasons for your reassessment of his or her work.

MA East Asian Art
Discuss the importance of court painting in one East Asian culture.

MA Art Business
`The cultural and financial value of contemporary art owes more to the art market than to the public museum.’ Discuss.

MA Contemporary Design
With reference to designers/objects of your choice, discuss the extent to which the ideals developed by the Modernists of the 1920s are still valid for design today.

MA Photography
Is photography accepted today as an art form?

MA Fine & Decorative Art
Is Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa an important painting?

4) A 1500-2000 word essay (chosen from one of the titles listed, above) which is typed double spaced in 11 point text.

5) A covering letter which states clearly why you are applying for a scholarship, or financial award. You must also state which award (scholarship or financial award) you are applying for in addition to the MA programme you have been offered a place on (please note that PG Diploma applicants are not eligible for this scheme).

6) The deadline for scholarship applications is 30 April 2009. If they haven’t already done so, scholarship applicants should ensure that they submit an MA programme application, as soon as possible. Please note that scholarship applicants must be in receipt of an MA offer in order to be eligible for the scholarship scheme. Scholarship applications can be sent at a later date, as long as they are received by the 30 April 2009 deadline.

Applications will be assessed by the Institute’s Scholarship Committee which shall have sole and absolute discretion in assessing Essays and making Awards, and whose decisions will be final and binding without obligation for explanation or justification.

The providers of an Award will not be liable for any loss howsoever incurred in connection with the supply of the Award.

Information provided in an application for an Award will remain confidential, with the exception that the Institute retains the right to publicise the event of an Award to a successful applicant, including the successful applicant’s identity and Essay, should the Institute so wish.

Important Information For Applicants

Applicants to Kingston College are able to use the on-line application facility or to complete a paper application form. The application forms are available in the prospectus, as a download from this site or can be requested by telephone or on-line request form.

For further details, please use the links on this page.

For some of our Higher Education courses, applications must be made through UCAS. Information on the application procedure is given on each course information page. Please check the application procedure details before applying directly to Kingston College.

The University for the Creative Arts is now offering a number of scholarships on a competitive basis, for taught Masters (MA) students in the 2008/09 academic year.

Type of Award
Award of partial tuition fee waiver for Home/EU or Overseas MA (Taught) Postgraduate fees for the academic year 2008/09

Eligibility
Full or part-time Home/EU or Overseas postgraduate students studying on a taught masters course*

Students are not eligible for a fee-waiver scholarship if they are in receipt of one or more of the following:
Existing University for the Creative Arts Postgraduate Bursary or Scholarship
Externally awarded Postgraduate Bursary or Scholarship e.g. AHRC
Sponsorship or support for tuition fees by an employer or other organisation

Only one award per applicant is permitted

Eligibility Criteria

Academic merit and/or development potential

Value of Award

£1,200 (Full-Time) or £600 (Part-Time)

Duration of Award

One-year

Selection & Notification

All eligible students are invited to apply by using the scholarship application form

Nominations for a scholarship are made by Colleges

Colleges to confirm the award of a scholarship with their offer to Registry Services who will formally write to the applicant confirming the offer and amount of scholarship (fee waiver) to be deducted from the postgraduate fee

Timing of Award

All applications to be submitted by the end of September 2008.

* The following courses are not eligible for a fee-waiver scholarship:
Graduate Diploma in Architecture
Graduate Certificate in Contemporary Practice

PROCEDURES:

Fill out and return the standard MHCC Student Admissions Form.

Return with your application form of a Photo CD or a transparent plastic slide sleeve of 12 slides representing your visual expression and a short statement of your goals as they relate to the professional photography program. Judging is based more on how you address the world visually through your photography and art than technical quality. Be sure to include a self-addressed stamped slide mailer or envelop to return your work.

You will need to make arrangements to take the College Placement Test (CPT) through Advising and Counseling Center (491-7644) or through the community college nearest you. You will need scores that would enable enrollment in Math 20, Reading 90, and Writing 115. If you have had previous college work demonstrating your math, writing and reading skills, please have your official transcript(s) sent to the Admissions and Records Office.

Your application will be considered complete after you have completed Steps 1-3. A selection committee comprised of program advisors and college personnel will review only those complete applications.

Upon notice of acceptance into the program by the Admissions and Records Office, the applicant must indicate his/her intention to enroll by completing registration by September. The Office of Admissions and Records has the sole authorization to inform students of their admissions status: accepted, accepted as alternates, and not accepted. You may expect a letter on your admissions status before June.

If you are accepted into the program, you will need to complete–if you haven’t already done so–ART 261 (Photography I) before the beginning of fall term. Several sections are offered during the summer term. Your acceptance into the program is not at all based on whether you have taken the Art 261 before you submit your application.

If you are applying for a full-time degree course or an HND, you must apply through UCAS. Full details on how to apply are included in the UCAS Handbook, which also explains the deadlines involved. For courses not in UCAS, you should ask for an application form from the Recruitment and Admissions Office and submit it as soon as you can; do not wait until you have your results, as we can usually make you a provisional offer at an early stage.

For information on particular courses, you should contact the Recruitment and Admissions Office on 024 7615 2222 or askCoventry

Applicants from overseas (including the European Union) are encouraged to contact our International Office before submitting their UCAS applications.

Details of late vacancies are published in the national press, and the UCAS and University websites, each summer.

Most courses welcome applications from students who wish to take a year out between school and university, whether for employment or other reasons. You should check with the appropriate University Faculty/School before applying to find out whether this is possible for your course