Portfolio for Medical Art MSc
This information is for applicants to Medical Art MSc who have received an invitation to upload their portfolio for assessment
About your portfolio
As part of your application to study at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, you need to submit a portfolio of work showcasing your development, creativity, skills, presentation and enthusiasm for your creative practice.
Portfolio format
Your portfolio should consist of one PDF file showing of up to 15 pages of work.
File format
- One PDF document with up to 15 pages of work and one contents page
- No more than 50MB
- Named using your full name and student ID number for example MaryAnnBaxter_1234567.pdf
Including text and image
Each page should contain high quality images of your work - you can have more than 1 image on each page.
You should include a brief description of each piece of work indicating media, size and date produced (for example Image 1 – Acrylic paint, 30cmx15cm, November 2021).
Some example pages are provided below. This is just an example - your layout, type of work and style may be totally different, but you should aim for a similar balance of text and image.
Examples of a Medical Art MSc portfolio
Download example portfolios
dundee-pg-medical-art-portfolio
PDF Document 4.7 MB
Including video content (optional)
You can include up to 5 minutes of video content by sharing a link to a video hosting service (like YouTube or Vimeo) or cloud storage (like Dropbox or OneDrive) in your digital portfolio.
Make sure your link is publicly accessible (or provide a password if your video is password protected). Do not provide us with your personal login details.
Guidelines
- Demonstrate your creative ideas, skills, abilities and personality
- Show examples of your thinking and developmental process (usually in the form of pages from your sketchbook)
- Carefully consider the order of the content displayed in your portfolio. You may wish to arrange your work by a particular theme or by specific projects undertaken.
- Make sure your images are clear, bright and at a scale suitable to view online
- Use typography that is legible for online viewing
What we expect
The portfolio should demonstrate a competency across both traditional (pencil, paint etc), as well as digital media. The subject matter and medium can vary, but examples of direct observation (such as life drawing, specimen illustration etc) are particularly important.
You need to upload a portfolio for each course you have applied for.
You may choose to include different work in each portfolio to showcase your strengths, but this is not a requirement.
Timescales
Receiving your invitation
When you are invited to upload your portfolio, we will email your invitation to both your personal and @dundee.ac.uk email address. You will not be notified of an invitation via UCAS.
Rather than issuing all invitations at once, we release them in phases depending on when your application has been assessed by our Admissions Team.
After you have been invited
You should upload your portfolio as soon as possible after you receive the email invitation.
Deadlines
- Scottish fee status: 1 March 2024 18:00 (UK Time)
- All other fee statuses: the deadline will be in your invitation email
Outcome
If you are unsuccessful
We will let you know the outcome of your application via UCAS and by email to both your personal and @dundee.ac.uk email address.
If you are made an offer
You will receive an offer (conditional or unconditional) via UCAS and by email to both your personal and @dundee.ac.uk email address. You will then be invited to attend an online event to meet with academic staff to allow you to ask questions about the School and Courses.
If you are invited to interview
You will receive an invitation by email, but you will not be notified on UCAS. Interviews will take place online in March. You will also have the opportunity to show additional work at your interview. Full details will be included in your interview invitation.
Upload your portfolio
You need to upload your portfolio to My Applications on eVision.
Application
We will consider all aspects of your application including qualifications, personal statement, reference, and portfolio. It is therefore important when completing your UCAS application to include all relevant qualifications including any obtained at High School (where applicable).
Portfolio guidance
c.d.erolin@dundee.ac.uk
Help with My Applications
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