Art therapist courses

Art therapist pre-registration master’s courses

11 pre-registration master’s courses for art therapists, at 11 UK universities, all 2 years across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

MSc pre-reg

11 MSc pre-reg courses 11 across all routes

11 Universities

2 years Typical length

0 of 11 Applied for through UCAS The rest take direct applications

What the pre-registration master’s route means here

A pre-registration master’s is a career-changer route. It assumes you already hold a degree — sometimes in any subject, more often in a related science or social science — and it covers the same regulatory standards in a compressed, year-round timetable. Applications usually go direct to the university rather than through UCAS, and competition tends to be sharper because the cohorts are small.

Every approved art therapist course in the dataset follows this route, so this page and the full art therapist listing show the same 11 courses. That in itself is worth knowing: there is no alternative kind of programme to weigh up in this profession at the moment, so your decision is about university and location rather than about route.

None of these courses carries a UCAS code in the dataset, which normally means applying direct to the university or, for apprenticeships, to the employer advertising the vacancy. 7 publish a typical offer in a citable form, shown in the table below. Whatever the route, the programme has to include 950 hours of assessed practice placement, and that is where most of the travel and most of the unpaid time goes.

Compare these courses

Art therapist pre-registration master’s courses
University	Course	Award	Length	UCAS	Typical offer	Location
Brunel University London	Art Psychotherapy MA	MA	2 years	Direct	Not published	Uxbridge, England
Goldsmiths, University of London	MA Art Psychotherapy	MA	2 years	Direct	Not published	London, England
Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education	MA Integrative Arts Psychotherapy	MA	Not published	Direct	Not published	London, England
Queen Margaret University	MSc Art Psychotherapy	MSc	2 years	Direct	Not published	Edinburgh, Scotland
Sheffield Hallam University	MA Art Psychotherapy Practice	MA	2 years	Direct	Not published	Sheffield, England
Ulster University	MSc Art Psychotherapy	MSc	Not published	Direct	Not published	Belfast, Northern Ireland
University of Chester	Art Therapy MA	MA	2 years	Direct	Not published	Chester, England
University of Derby	Art Therapy MA	MA	2 years	Direct	Not published	Derby, England
University of Hertfordshire	MA Art Therapy	MA	Not published	Direct	Not published	Hatfield, England
University of Roehampton	MA Art Psychotherapy	MA	2 years	Direct	Not published	London, England
University of South Wales	MA Art Psychotherapy	MA	Not published	Direct	Not published	Newport, Wales