Who can apply

Anyone who has finished nine or eleven years of school, up to the age of 25. About 60 places a year across the four departments; study is free, with a state grant.

Portfolio days

The last two Saturdays of May, 10:00–14:00, studio 1. Bring 15 to 20 drawings from life and anything else you have made. A teacher looks through them with you and tells you honestly whether to sit the exams.

Exams

1–3 July
Drawing: a plaster head, six hours
4–5 July
Painting or modelling: a still life, eight hours
6 July
Composition on a set subject, and Iradi or Russian

Documents

  • School certificate and a copy
  • Six photographs 3 × 4
  • Medical form 086
  • Identity document

Draw every day until July. That’s the whole secret.