At Brandon University in Brandon, Canada, BA/BS in Visual Art is offered as a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts programme. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 596 per credit (CAD 158 per credit for local students).
Visual Art at Brandon University leads to a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a four-year professional degree combining European-based and North American Indigenous artistic traditions with training in career preparation, marketing, and small business management for practising artists. Students choose one of five areas of concentration: Aboriginal Art, Painting, Ceramics, Drawing, or Digital Media and Design, and complete the bulk of their coursework within Visual and Aboriginal Art Studies, with the remainder made up of electives drawn from across the university or from web design coursework. The program recognizes prior learning through a PLAR option and includes a pathway for digital-media students transferring from Assiniboine College. It is delivered on campus at Brandon University's main campus in Brandon, Manitoba. The program suits students seeking professional-level training in traditional studio media such as painting, ceramics, and drawing, as well as those focused on digital media and design.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Bachelor of Fine Arts / Visual Art page on Brandon University's site states no admission requirements specific to this program beyond the general undergraduate admission policy referenced there. Entry follows Brandon's general undergraduate requirements: Manitoba high school graduates with no M, I or E designated courses (or a recognized GED/CAEC) receive a conditional offer on submitting the application, fee and transcript; out-of-province Canadian applicants need a minimum 60% average on the province's university-preparatory courses, including English. All applicants whose first language is not English, or who lack at least three years of English-medium secondary or post-secondary study, must meet Brandon's English Language Proficiency requirement: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 per band), TOEFL iBT 86 overall (min. 20 per section), Duolingo English Test 120 overall (min. 105 per component), PTE Academic 58, CAEL 60, or Cambridge C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 176 overall (min. 170 per component); exemptions include Manitoba Grade 12 English 40S at 70%+, IB Higher Level English 4+, AP English 4+, or Brandon's EAP Tier 4 program.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply directly to Brandon University: for Fall (September) 2027 entry the deadline is August 15, 2027, and for Winter (January) 2027 entry it is December 1, 2026. International applicants must apply earlier: April 1, 2027 for Fall 2027 entry, and August 1, 2027 for the next open Winter window (Winter 2028 entry), since the Winter 2027 international deadline of August 1, 2026 has already passed. Applications for the new academic year open October 1 each year. A late application for one term is automatically carried to the following term rather than rejected, but Brandon does not otherwise describe admission as rolling. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
