History of art, architecture and design degrees

256 courses at 35 UK universities offer history of art, architecture and design for 2027 entry: most ask for between 114 and 126 UCAS points; 89 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often ABB.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 154, MA (Hons) 91, BSc (Hons) 3, BA 1
Study full-time 251, part-time 5

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing history of art, architecture and design with another subject.

• history 18
• modern languages 13
• fine art 10
• Spanish studies 9
• biblical studies 8
• French studies 8
• Italian studies 8
• English studies 7
• philosophy 7
• German studies 6

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• V3 history by topic, incl. art history 58
• W2 design 6
• K1 architecture 4
• W1 fine art 4
• R1 French 3
• W3 music 3
• R3 Italian 2
• R9 other European languages 2

Universities

• University of St Andrews 42
• University of Essex 32
• University of Glasgow 30
• University of Exeter 20
• SOAS University of London 19
• Glasgow School of Art 12
• University of Aberdeen 12
• UCL (University College London) 10
• University of York 10
• The University of Edinburgh 8
• Oxford Brookes University 7
• University of Manchester 5
• Royal Holloway, University of London 4
• University of Sussex 4
• Aberystwyth University 3
• Birkbeck, University of London 3
• Open University 3
• University of East Anglia UEA 3
• University of Leeds 3
• University of Nottingham 3
• Goldsmiths, University of London 2
• Regent's University London 2
• Richmond American University London 2
• University of Brighton 2
• University of Bristol 2
• University of Oxford 2
• University of the Arts London 2
• University of Warwick 2
• Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London 1
• Hopwood Hall College 1
• Manchester Metropolitan University 1
• University of Birmingham 1
• University of Cambridge 1
• University of Reading 1
• University of Strathclyde 1

Courses