Fine Art | Balliol College

Student profile: Priyesh

Balliol only accepts one Fine Art student per year so when I started I hardly expected anyone to take an interest in what I studied. But at Balliol, it did not matter. The JCR is made up of the friendliest and most passionate people you are ever likely to meet in Oxford. With the wide range of activities organised by the JCR and the liveliest bar, I never feel short of conversation or friends.

Studying at Oxford can be stressful at times, but at Balliol I never feel like I am swimming against the tide. Both tutors and students are extremely supportive and encouraging; I've always found a helping hand when I've needed it. Balliol is a great college to come back to after a hard day's work, whatever subject you choose to study.

Number of places at Balliol

Subject information

Please see the Undergraduate Admissions page and the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art website for more information.

Course requirements

Please see the entrance requirements pages on the undergraduate admissions website for more information.

College requirements

None specific to Balliol.

Admissions/Selection criteria

For information on how applicants are assessed, see the selection criteria pages on the Ruskin school website.

Fine Art at Balliol

Balliol looks for candidates in Fine Art who can communicate their intellectual enthusiasm for art to students in other subjects and who would like to study Fine Art within a College where their peers read a variety of different subjects in the arts and sciences.

Tutors

Teaching for the Fine Arts course is organized for the University in the Ruskin School. Balliol has no resident academic Tutor in Fine Art. The personal Tutor is Dr Douglas Dupree. Tim Wilson, Keeper of Western Art at the Ashmolean Museum, is a Professorial Fellow of the College, and takes a keen interest in art education and in the hanging and exhibition of works of art, including those of our own students.