Art Market & Appraisal (Professional Practice) MA

MA Art Market & Appraisal provides with you an entry point into a professional career in the art business industry. It prepares you for work in very different areas of the art market from becoming a professional appraiser, to working for a cutting-edge commercial gallery, to starting up your own business. It is the only art and antiques course worldwide accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The course also fosters a strong research environment. The dissertation allows you to further focus on an area of particular interest and gain valuable research skills which could also lead to further postgraduate research within the nurturing environment of the Kingston School of Art Research Institute.
The class room environment fosters an art school creative approach to teaching with a focus on group work, peer feedback, seminars and discussions. It also offers shared modules with other postgraduate courses in the faculty and support peer learning.
You have the chance to undertake site visits, including an overseas study trip, to supplement your learning (read more in the Links with business and industry section).
You can also take advantage of the University's on-site galleries (read more in the Facilities section).
Many members of staff are research active or professional practitioners, which keeps your learning cutting-edge

Our students come from all corners of the world and often take the learning of the course back to their own countries. They set up galleries or online platforms, manage collections and advise collectors, work for auction houses or galleries. More and more students begin to set up their own companies or expand their current businesses. Through our engagement with the RICS we have a large number of students taking up work in auction houses, insurances or as independent valuers.

hold a good honours degree or equivalent in any discipline; and
preferably have either a degree qualification related to the subject material or a proven knowledge and interest in the subject demonstrated through, for example, work experience.

Kingston's MA in Art Market Appraisal (Professional Practice) is the only RICS-accredited course for antiques and fine art and you can join RICS as a student member when you enrol. RICS student status is exclusively for those working towards a professional career in surveying. Being an RICS student is free and can help you realise your potential by working to the highest standards of education at college or university. The study support and networking opportunities available to you as an RICS student helps you to not only excel in your course but gives you the support to take your first step to becoming a future leader of the profession.