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Meet our History of Art postgraduate community
Discover student life in the Department in Art History, Curating and Visual Studies.
Maddie, MA Art History and Curating
"Within the first couple weeks of term one, I secured a work placement at the New Art Gallery Walsall. Without my department’s emphasis on work experience, I wouldn't have known of this opportunity."
Megha, MA History of Art
"The University of Birmingham has helped me get a first-hand experience of what working in a gallery can look like because of my placement at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts."
Lottie, MA Art History and Curating
"My favourite module has been ‘Curatorial Practices.’ This module provides the opportunity to collaborate with Birmingham galleries, co-curating exhibitions or developing public programming events."
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Barber Institute - Fragments of Devotion exhibition
Co-curated by MA Art History and Curating students
Watch the videoCharlotte, Ruby and Ruth introduce the Fragments of Devotion online exhibition, which they co-curated with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and the V&A Museum. Image credit: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts and V&A Museum.
Extracurricular activities
Taking part in a summer exchange trip to India
Discover Charlotte's "transformative" experience spending a month in India on an exchange programme with the Indian Institute of Heritage.
Watch Charlotte's vlog on Instagram
Career opportunities
We’re proud to be the UK university most targeted by the country’s leading graduate employers for two years in a row (The Graduate Market in 2024 and 2025 High Fliers reports).
Our History of Art postgraduate students have gone on to work in careers such as: Valuer and Auctioneer and Senior Collections and House Officer for organisations including Birmingham Museums Trust and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The University has commissioned Cturtle as our data partner for tracking our alumni destinations. The data above is a subset from 43,666 alumni who completed their course up to 31 July 2024.
Graduate stories: John
Founder and CEO of Cosimo Art
Discover John's journeyJohn completed a BA History of Art and MA History of Art at the University of Birmingham.
Inspired by his experiences working in art galleries and with artists during his History of Art degree, he founded Cosimo Art.
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