Art - Fine Art & Applied Art

Mature Students
NCAD welcomes applications from mature students to all our programmes. A mature student is any EU/EEA student who will be 23 years of age on the 1st of January of the proposed year of entry to NCAD.

Mature Applications: Studio Programmes
As a mature student you should apply in the same way and at the same time as any other applicant. You will be informed of the outcome of your portfolio submission at the same time as other applicants. Mature students who do not meet the minimum academic entry requirements should include with their CAO application information on previous learning and/or any relevant work or other experience that might support your application. Please send any supporting documentation such as transcripts or CVs to the CAO marked clearly with your CAO number. Mature students who achieve a sufficient portfolio score to warrant an offer but who do not otherwise meet minimum academic entry requirements will have an opportunity to matriculate on the basis of mature years. These applications will be reviewed based on information and documentation submitted to the CAO and you may be invited to attend for interview.

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https://www.qualifax.ie/resources/recognition-of-prior-learning

Fine Art: Media 20, Painting 40, Print 28, Sculpture 28.
Applied Art: Ceramics & Glass 15, Textile Art & Artefact 30.

Undergraduate Fees

Entry 2024 - Restricted Course

Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2024 at 5pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2024 at 5pm

Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

Restricted Courses
Applying for a restricted course – you must have applied to CAO by 1 February 2024 at 5pm if you wish to apply for a restricted course. The restricted course must be included on your course choices list by that date, or added to your application using the facility to amend course choices (for a fee of €10) before 1 March at 5pm.

Restricted courses normally require additional assessment procedures, for example, the submission of a portfolio, an oral assessment or interview, or a written assessment. Restricted courses are identified in the handbook by the words “(Restricted - see page 3)" on the same line as the restricted course’s title. Please make sure to acquaint yourself with the additional requirements, if any, of the restricted course(s) that you have applied for and go to page 24 of the 2024 CAO Handbook for more information about interviews and assessments.

Exception: If a restricted course shares the exact same assessment procedures with a course you had applied for by 1 February 2024, you may be permitted to introduce it on a Change of Mind. You should consult with the relevant HEI before introducing such a course.

Mature Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2024 at 5pm, and include course choices by that date or add them using the facility to amend course choices (for a fee of €10) before 1 March at 5pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature

Supplementary Admission Routes
Applying for DARE and/or HEAR – to be considered for DARE and/or HEAR, applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1 February 2024 at 5pm. To apply to DARE, you must answer YES to Question 1 ('Do you wish to be considered for DARE?) on Section A of the fully completed Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by 5pm on 1 March 2024.

To apply to HEAR, you must indicate on your CAO application that you wish to apply for HEAR and fully and correctly complete all elements of the online HEAR form by 5pm on 1 March 2024.

Supporting documents for DARE and/or HEAR applicants must be sent to CAO offices before 15 March 2024 at 5pm

In Fine Art Media you are encouraged to develop your ideas through hands-on making in the video and photography studios, the computer lab and project space, as well as in your own studio base. You will work with lecturers and technicians who have a deep knowledge of these areas, and the enthusiasm to help you develop the skills and insights you need to move towards a career in art or a related area.

The Painting Department embraces the diversity of contemporary painting practice and possibility. The discipline of painting in all its forms is supported in the context of evolving and expanding art practices. The course is rooted in investigation of painting’s unique tradition and history and encourages new interpretation, innovation and experimentation. Every culture needs its artists and every artist seeks to change the culture. Painting is an old tradition that continually renews itself. Be part of the ongoing renewal.

Print is a central discipline within the School of Fine Art. It offers a unique studio environment - The Print Workshop - where collaborative and peer-to-peer learning is paramount. Students are encouraged to expand the parameters of print to include sculptural approaches, installation and digital media.

Sculpture & Expanded Practice offers a creative studio and workshop environment for making and exploring contemporary art. There are a wide variety of materials, processes and contexts to engage with while studying Sculpture at NCAD where we value experimentation and the development of unique creative voices. The department has an established reputation for producing exciting, innovative and successful artists.

Located within NCAD’s School of Fine Art, Ceramics & Glass (Hard Materials) at NCAD embraces diverse creative practices including design for manufacture, uniquely crafted art objects and architectural framing of ceramics, glass and silicate related materials. Work occurs at intimate and architectural scale challenging our relationships to object, surface, transparency, light and space. Response to materials and engagement with the process of ‘making’ are fundamental principles of the programme. C&G students are encouraged to develop an awareness of a broad range of traditional and new emerging processes.

The Textile Art & Artefact programme is located within NCAD’s Department of Applied Material Cultures in the School of Fine Art. The programme is centred upon the fundamental principle of ‘making’ as personal response to materiality. This enables students to realise outcomes in textile applied art and textile artefacts. TA&A students are encouraged to have an awareness of a broad range of both new and hand-crafted textile processes.

Fine Art - Media / Painting / Print or Sculpture
Applied Art - Textiles Art & Artefact or Ceramics & Glass

Degree awarded
BA Fine Art/BA Fine Art and Visual Culture
BA Fine Art (International))
BA Ceramics & Glass/BA Ceramics & Glass and Visual Culture
BA Ceramics & Glass (International)
BA Textiles Art & Artefact/BA Textiles Art & Artefact and Visual Culture
BA Textiles Art & Artefact (International)

Admissions Office,
National College of Art & Design
100 Thomas Street
Dublin D08 K521
Ireland
Tel: 353 (0)1 636 4200
admissions@ncad.ie

Undergraduate International Application