Many of our graduates continue as practising artists following graduation. Our alumni include Larry Achiampong, Michael Armitage, Tacita Dean, Jadé Fadojutimi, Antony Gormley, Paula Rego, Zineb Sedira and Rachel Whiteread. 

Graduates have also followed other paths including:

• design
• postgraduate study
• teaching
• curating
• film production
• theatre design
• marketing
• museum and gallery
• advertising

Our programmes encourage independent thought and the confidence to work on your own practice. You will also develop the following transferable knowledge and skills, which can be applied to many other areas of employment. These include:

• problem-solving
• teamwork
• communication
• IT skills

Year 1 students

Session covering finding relevant part-time work alongside studying such as artist assistants, gallery invigilators and art technicians and how to use artistic skills in the wider workplace.

Final year students

You will receive feedback and teaching which is informed by the professional 'art world' knowledge and international perspective of Slade staff. We also run a bespoke series of careers talks with UCL Careers Service.

Sessions are led by Slade staff, with invited guest speakers. They cover topics including artist fees, pricing work, fundraising, and writing successful grant applications, finding a studio, how to write press releases. The programme has been recognised as 'best practice' across the wider University. For more information see Getting students career-ready in the UCL Slade School of Fine Art.

Help and advice from UCL Careers is available to all undergraduates enrolled on a UCL course.

Using myUCLCareers you have access to:

• short 20-minute guidance sessions
• application advice and CV checking
• interview coaching
• 30 min appointments for SLASH students (including Slade) for those in the ‘Decide’ (e.g. ‘I don’t know what to do’) or ‘Plan’ (e.g. ‘I know what I want to do, but need help getting there’) stages of their career thinking. These are currently focused on finalists.

Careers Extra offers enhanced careers support for UCL undergraduates from under-represented groups. See the Careers Extra website for information.