Belfast School of Art

Belfast School of Art
(Ulster University School of Art)

The logo of the Belfast School of Art which is the faculty's logo with the School's name placed inferiorly.
Established	1849
Focus	Art, Research
Head of School	Professor Paul Seawright
Faculty	Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment
Owner	Ulster University
Location	Ulster University at Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Website	belfastschoolofart.com/ adbe.ulster.ac.uk/artdesign/index.php

The Belfast School of Art, formally known as Ulster University's School of Art, is a School in the Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment in Ulster University which is physically located at the Belfast campus. Following the results of the Research Excellence Framework 2014 Ulster is ranked within the top ten for research in art in the UK.

The School hosts an exhibition of the student's latest work annually, it is normally open to the public and free entry.

The school was established in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast in 1849, the schools traditional nineteenth century architecture was complimented by the construction of the Belfast campus of the New University of Ulster which links the old section of the School with the new University building. As a result, the School benefits from some of the largest buildings of any one school in the university.

After the millennium, the Belfast campus was reconstructed as part of a multi-million pound refurbishment which saw the School's floorspace expanded and significant investment.

The School runs eight undergraduate Degrees, these include Animation BDes (Hons), Art & Design BDes (Hons) as a foundation Year for specialist degrees, Contemporary Applied Arts BA (Hons), Graphic Design and Illustration BDes (Hons), Fine Art BA (Hons), Fine Art (MFA) and Multidisciplinary Design (MFA) as an integrated master's degrees, Interaction Design BDes (Hons), Photography BA (Hons), and Textile Art, Design and Fashion BA (Hons); they can be studied on a full-time or part-time basis. The School offers the opportunity for excelling students to study abroad as part of the Erasmus programme.

The School has had 37 successful doctoral students between 2008 and 2013, together these students amassed £4.25 million in research fundraising. The Research Graduate School supports all doctoral students in the Faculty and School.

The Research Institute for Art and Design (RIAD) is the research institute for art at Ulster University and supports research on fashion, creative arts etc.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 for Art, Ulster University was ranked third overall in the UK for 4* research and sixth in the UK in the quality index.

The School is run by the Head of School who reports to the Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment. The School works closely with the Research Institute for Art and Design, one of the Faculty's two research institutes.