When you apply, you will be required to fill out the following information on the application form:

• Personal details
• Fee payment information
• Education and qualifications
• Information on English language requirements
• Disability declaration
• Reasons for wishing to study chosen programme
• Contact details of two referees
  
  All applicants need two referees to provide satisfactory references; one of which should be a recent academic reference, if possible.

You will need to supply the following documents with the completed application form:

• 2 passport size photos
• Copy of your passport
• Copy of qualifications
• Original transcripts
• Portfolio of work, where applicable*
• Example of academic writing, where applicable*

*Please check if this is required on the document checklist on the application form

If you are applying to one of the Foundation Degree Arts programmes, you may find these tips helpful for putting together your digital portfolio - here.

You can find out more information about the interview process and offers in the Admissions Policy and Procedure document.

Full board (46 weeks)
£2,870 per term, £11,480 per year (four terms)

Room only (46 weeks)
£1,770 per term, £7,080 per year (four terms)

Full board (36 weeks)
£3,000 per term, £9,000 per year (three terms)

Room only (36 weeks)
£1,840 per term, £5,520 per year (three terms)

Accommodation for part-time MA students: Available on request​

Lunch only (46 weeks)
Full-time day students £2,174 per year (four terms)

Lunch only (36 weeks)
Full-time day students £567 per term, £1,701 per year (three terms)

Lunch only part-time MA students (School of Conservation)
£63 per term, £189 per year

Lunch only part-time MA Creative Writing and Publishing students
£57 per term, £170 per year

Lunch only DACC
£284 per year (three terms)

The information published on this page shows:

• The number of applications for admission on to recognised, undergraduate higher education courses that we have received from UK domiciled applicants.
• The number of offers we have made in relation to those applications.
• The number of those offers accepted and the number of those who have registered with us.
• The number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or a particular level of such an award, on completion of their course with us.

It also shows these numbers by reference to:

• the gender of the individuals to which they relate
• their ethnicity
• their socioeconomic background.

It is important to note that the data presented has not been contextualised. This means, for example, that you will not be able to see from this data how many of those applying to courses met the entry criteria. It is also the case that universities and colleges will often receive many more applications than they have spaces on courses and so offer rates will necessarily be lower than application rates in those circumstances.

Context

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is committed to widening access and increasing participation in education in the creative and applied arts in accordance with the original charitable purpose of the College as defined by the College's founder Edward James.

The 1964 deed of trust sets out the charitable purpose of the Foundation as follows, "an educational foundation where creative talents can be discovered and developed, and where one can spread culture through the teaching of crafts and the preservation of knowledge that might otherwise be destroyed or forgotten".

To this day, the Foundation continues Edward James' tradition of supporting emerging artists and crafts people where ever they are from.

Our current vision statement states the following aim,

"To inspire learning in the creative and applied arts through West Dean College - an international centre of teaching excellence, promoting creativity and innovation, and the focus of an extended community of practice in the arts."

Through an improved and developing focus on alumni, employability and a wider advocacy role in relation to the creative and applied arts, the College seeks to maximise its impact. The College actively seeks to recruit students from a range of non-traditional backgrounds into its higher education provision and is committed to developing strategies to support this.

For more information, please see the College's Access and Participation Strategy Statement.
If you have any question about the Transparency Information please contact the Academic Registry college@westdean.org.uk