You apply directly to Goldsmiths using our online application system.
To complete your application, you will need to have:
If appropriate, your application can be accompanied by images showing examples of previous curatorial projects (it's not necessary to showcase your own art work). You can upload images or link to your online portfolio in your application.
The MFA Curating at Goldsmiths is designed for students who wish to take up the challenge of artistic, social and critical curating with a contemporary approach to the subject. It also helps students to develop their professional practice. In 2026, the MFA Curating celebrated its 30 th anniversary, marking three decades of excellence and advancement in the field of curatorial studies. You’ll work in a practice-led research environment alongside fellow aspiring curators and producers, practitioners at an early stage of their professional development, and those looking for a shift in their art career. You’ll get to explore curating contemporary art from many different angles, including aesthetic, social, political and philosophical enquiries, practices and discourses relevant to present-day culture. You’ll learn about the history of curation through the study of the genealogies of curating as a discipline, but this degree is firmly focused on contemporary curatorial and art practices, and the future of curation. You’ll be offered a toolbox of knowledge, ranging from theoretical concepts to the practicalities of working with artists and project management. Our student-centred approach helps develop independent, articulate, confident, self-motivated, knowledgeable producers who support each other’s learning and development. The key principes of the programme are interdisciplinarity, collaboration and critical thinking, along with practices of listening, attention and accountability towards the human and non-human worlds.
The MFA Curating at Goldsmiths is designed for students who wish to take up the challenge of artistic, social and critical curating with a contemporary approach to the subject. It also helps students to develop their professional practice.