Art History 1st in UK for positive responses (NSS 2025)
For four consecutive years, Art History is 1st in the UK for positive responses in the National Student Survey and 1st (Scotland, NI & Wales) for overall student satisfaction!
Art History
Why study Art History at Aberdeen?
We are ranked 1st for Art History in the UK in the 2025 National Student Survey and 1st for overall student satisfaction (Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales).* This is the fourth consecutive year that we have achieved this ranking.
In our increasingly visual world, art historical skills have become indispensable for an ever-increasing range of professions, and for navigating contemporary culture more broadly. Aberdeen's Art History degree with its strong vocational focus offers an ideal pathway for careers in many areas of the art and culture sector. The programme teaches students critical skills in how to look, to think and to present ideas succinctly and persuasively.
Many of our students go on to pursue careers in the art gallery and museum sectors, arts education, auction houses, publishing and journalism, fine art conservation, and further postgraduate study. Employers of our most recent graduates include the National Galleries of Scotland, Craft Northern Ireland, University of St Andrews Museums & Special Collections, Historic Environment Scotland, and Lyon & Turnbull and Christie’s auction houses. Digital marketing and digital content management are further, growing sectors for graduate employment, valuing the skills of visual analysis which our students develop across our degrees
*measured by % positive responses to UK-wide questions in the National Student Survey 2025.