Welcome to The Courtauld

Professor David SolkinDean and Deputy Director

History

• First university department in the UK dedicated to the study of the history and conservation of art

• Founded in 1932 by Samuel Courtauld, Viscount Lee and Sir Robert Witt

• Moved to Somerset House in 1989

• Independent college of the University of London since 2002

Postgraduate degree programmes

• Courtauld Graduate Diploma in the History of Art

• MA History of Art• MA Curating the Art Museum• MA Buddhist Art: History and Conservation• Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation

of Easel Paintings• MA Conservation of Wall Paintings (next intake

2016)

• Research degrees (MPhil, PhD)

About us• Small size - friendly accessible

community• Strong emphasis on

postgraduate study – 180 MA’s, 125 PhD’s – depth and breadth

• World-class faculty of art historians and conservators

• Wide range of specialisms• Research focus – 1st in the

power ranking in History of Art and 2nd nationally in the quality index of all UK universities (Research Assessment Exercise 2008)

• 6,000+ alumni, many of whom are key figures in the UK and global art world

Research• The Research Forum

– Hub of Courtauld’s research community– Speakers have included: TJ Clark, Carlo

Ginzburg, Hubert Damisch, Tamar Garb, Tracey Emin, Shirin Neshat and Richard Serra

– Student-organised conferences, blogs, reading groups, work-in-progress seminars

– publications• Special access events, including field trips (e.g.

medieval and renaissance trips to exhibitions in Aachen, Paris, Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Florence, Berlin

• Research skills training courses • Co-Founder of Research Skills Intercollegiate

Network (ReSkIN)• CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership funded by

the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). 12 PhDs funded from 2014-5 (as many CHASE-funded students as the entire arts faculties at Kent and Sussex)

About youThe Courtauld provides the opportunity:• To immerse yourself in the in-

depth study of one or more areas of art history or conservation

• To find your own scholarly voice

• To begin to make your own contributions to the discipline – through writing, teaching, organising events

• To become part of an intellectual community entirely focused on art and its histories

• To engage closely with a broad range of original artworks at The Courtauld, in London, and abroad

• To prepare yourself for a variety of careers in the art world