Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship 2026

The Ruskin School of Art invites expressions of interest in applying for a 3-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to be held at the Ruskin School of Art from autumn 2026.

Onyeka Igwe at Tate Britain

Ruskin's Onyeka Igwe is showing new work at Tate Britain as part of the Art Now series.

Arturo Soto publishes new photobook

Arturo Soto has recently published Border Documents which draws on the work he did for his DPhil at the Ruskin.

Contemporary Art Lectures at the Ruskin

Join us for a series of talks open to the University community and the public, intended to ignite and open up conversations around contemporary art today.

BFA Applicants 2025 for 2026 entry: portfolio submission

The UCAS deadline for entry to Oxford in 2026 has now passed and the University cannot accept late applications. Thank you to all those candidates who have successfully submitted their application through UCAS to study Fine Art at the Ruskin…

Daria Martin at Tate Modern

'In the Palace', a film by Daria Martin, Professor of Art and Head of School at the Ruskin, is currently on view at Tate Modern, alongside sculptures by Alberto Giacometti.

Study at the Ruskin

The Ruskin School of Art is the Fine Art Department of the University of Oxford. It provides an exceptional teaching and research environment that enables contemporary artists, art historians and art theorists to work closely together in a research-intensive university.

Research at the Ruskin

The Ruskin School of Art provides an exceptional environment in which research through art making is entwined with research about contemporary art, each mode of enquiry enriching the other within…

MFA Programme

The Ruskin MFA degree is an intensive one-year (three terms) studio-based programme in the practice of contemporary art. You will be part of a small group of no more than twenty students, on a course designed to direct and develop…

DPhil Programme

The Ruskin School of Art provides an exceptional research environment that enables artists, art historians and art theorists to work closely together in a world-leading, research-intensive university. 

History

The Ruskin is uniquely positioned as an intimately-scaled art school (about 130 students) embedded within a research-intensive university. Its dynamic, inter-disciplinary structure allows artists and theorists to work closely together and to respond quickly and flexibly to developments within the…