Visual Arts Program

Earn your master´s degree at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague!

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You can´t speak Czech, but you have a BFA in Arts and you would love to study fine arts, design, applied arts, graphics or architecture at UMPRUM in Prague? You can apply for the MA degree course called Visual Arts!

Visual Arts is a two-year post-graduate international program in English (three-year in case of Architecture) that combines practical studio-based seminars (see the list of studios below) and workshops with theoretical lectures on art theory and history. It is designed for BA/BFA or MA/MFA degree holders from universities and colleges abroad, and aims at providing foreign students with sound education in the chosen discipline/studio in order to prepare them for individual or team specialist profession all over the world.

It is open in 24 UMPRUM studios (below). Successful Visual Arts students who - after two years of their studies in a particular studio, and three years in architecture studios - pass the final theoretical state exams and defend their diploma thesis and diploma project, gain an internationally acknowledged academic degree MgA. (equivallent to MA, MFA, MLitt).

VA candidates can apply for (and then graduate from) one of the following studios:

Architecture I
Architecture II
Architecture III
Architecture IV
Ceramics and Porcelain
Concept - Object - Mean ing (K.O.V - former Metal and Jewellery)
Fashion and Footwear Design
Fashion Design
Film and Tv Graphics
Glass
Graphic Design and Visual Communication
Graphic Design and New Media
Illustration and Graphics
Interior and Furniture Design
Industrial Design
Intermedia Art
Painting
Photography
Photography II
Product Design
Sculpture
Textile Design
Type Design and Typography
The Guest Artist Programme

About AAAD

Founded in 1885, the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague has evolved from being the first of its kind in the Czech lands to a modern, dynamic, and outward-looking institution, which now has over twenty studios in which to study. Ranging from Typography to Intermedia Art to Fashion Design to Glass, the AAAD studios are led by eminent authorities in their respective fields whose passion for teaching matches their dedication to their respective fields. Competition for acceptance into the school is fierce, with the result that the students who are lucky enough to make it up to its student body are highly-skilled and highly-motivated individuals, who proudly continue the storied legacy of the institution.