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History of Art and ...

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Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
BA On-Campus Full-time 3 - 4 years find out £20350 per year £9250 per year

About History of Art and ..., BA - at SOAS University of London

The BA History of Art (combined degree) is an unrivalled opportunity to study the visual arts, architecture and material culture of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. In the first year, students are introduced to the art and archaeology of different regions. They also receive theoretical and methodological training to prepare them for the study of Asian and African art. In subsequent years students broaden and deepen their knowledge and have the chance to specialise in particular regions or themes. An emphasis is placed on training students' visual memory through the study of images. Students are also provided with a critical introduction to the creative and cultural industries.

See Department of the History of Art and Archeology

Combine History of Art with other subjects

On this two-subject programme, the study of the History of Art is combined with another subject:

  • other disciplines: History, Languages and Cultures, Music, Social Anthropology
  • languages: Arabic, Chinese, East Asian Studies, Japanese, Korean

Some two-subject programmes are completed in three years while others take four years and include a year abroad.


Entry requirements

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Why study at SOAS University of London

  • SOAS is in London, which is officially the best student city in the world - and has been for five years in a row (QS World Rankings 2024)
  • There are 5,630 students on campus, from 135+ countries 
  • 2nd in the UK for international faculty (QS World Rankings 2024)
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  • Top 40 in the UK for research quality Complete University Guide 2024)
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  • Top 100 in the world for addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Peace, Justice, Poverty and Gender Equality (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, 2023)
  • One of 35 National Research Libraries in the UK. We have over 1.5 million volumes, periodicals and audio-visual materials in 400 languages, focusing on Asia, Africa and the Middle East
  • 87% of research ranked 'world-leading or internationally excellent' (Research Excellence Framework 2021)