About the Courtauld

The Courtauld Institute of Art is one of the world's leading institutes for teaching and research in the history of art and conservation. Uniquely it houses world famous collections of paintings, prints and drawings in its Gallery, and also manages the Hermitage Rooms.

Many graduates of the Institute occupy prominent positions in museums, universities, conservation laboratories and the art trade throughout the world. The current directors of many of Britain's national art museums are Courtauld graduates. The Courtauld has a world-renowned collection of Western art from the medieval period to the first quarter of the 20th century as well as book and photographic libraries of equal renown. The Courtauld Institute of Art is also home to research centres and survey projects.

Its teaching was rated at 23 out of 24 in the Teaching Quality Assessment of 1997 and in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2001 the Institute was awarded 5*; the only history of art department in the country to be awarded such a distinction.

Contact

Dr Rose Walker
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Strand
London WC3R 0RN
rose.walker(at)courtauld.ac.uk
www.courtauld.ac.uk