Art Schools in Ulster
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Art Schools

The province of Ulster (which includes the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan) offers a range of visual and design art courses, designed to equip students for a variety of arts-based careers. Graduates may opt for a career as a solo artist (in painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, installation, digital or video art), as a commercial or industrial designer, art historian or curator, or take up one of the many opportunities in Ireland's visual arts industry.

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For details of art course-qualifications, syllabus, facilities and future artistic career options, please contact the following institutions, or visit their websites.

County Antrim

East Antrim Institute of Further and Higher Education, 400 Shore Road, Newtownabbey
Phone: 028-90855000; Website: eaifhe.ac.uk
Provides a range of Art and Design courses.

Belfast

University of Ulster School of Art and Design,
- Belfast Campus, York Street, Belfast.
- Magee Campus, Northland Road, Derry.
Phone: 08700-400700; Website: ulster.ac.uk
Offers a range of undergraduate degree courses (and postgraduate options) across a wide variety of art and design disciplines. (Including drawing, figure drawing and figure painting.)

Interface, School of Art and Design, Belfast Campus, York Street, Belfast.
Phone: 028-90267323; Website: interface.ulster.ac.uk
Interface is a research centre within the School of Art and Design.

Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education
Gerald Moag Campus, 125 - 153 Millfield, Belfast
Phone: 028-90265000; Website: belfastinstitute.ac.uk
Provides diploma courses in Art and Design.

County Cavan

Cavan College of Further Studies, Main Street, Cavan
Phone: 049-4332633; Website: cavancollege.ie
Provides post-leaving certificate courses in Art, Crafts and Design, as well as Interior Design and furniture Design.

County Derry

North West Institute of Further and Higher Education, Strand Road, Derry
Phone: 028-71276000; Website: nwifhe.ac.uk
Offers foundation and diploma courses in Fine Arts, Art and Design, as well as Spatial Design.

County Donegal

Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny
Phone: 074-9186000; Website: lyit.ie
Offers BA Degree courses in Graphic Design, Industrial Design and Design and Digital Art Media.

County Down

East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education (EDIFHE) Downpatrick, Co. Down
Phone: 028-44615815; Website: edifhe.ac.uk
EDIFHE provides diploma courses in Art and Design, and Media.

North Down and Ards Institute (NDAI) Bangor, Co. Down
Phone: 028-91276600; Website: ndai.ac.uk
Offers foundation and diploma courses in Art and Design, and Multimedia.

County Monaghan

Monaghan Institute of Further Education and Training (MIFET) Monaghan Town
Phone: 047-84900; Website: monaghaninstitute.ie
Provides post-leaving-certificate courses in Arts, Crafts, Design and Furniture Design.

County Tyrone

East Tyrone College of Further and Higher Education (ETCFHE) Dungannon, Tyrone
Phone: 028-87722323; Website: etcfhe.ac.uk
Offers foundation and diplomas in Art and Design Studies.

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