Visual Arts Program

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

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:

1. Architecture I 
2. Architecture II 
3. Architecture III 
4. Architecture IV
5. Ceramics and Porcelain
6. Concept - Object - Meaning (K.O.V - former Metal and Jewellery)
7. Fashion and Footwear Design
8. Fashion Design
9. Film and Tv Graphics
10. Glass
11. Graphic Design and Visual Communication
12. Graphic Design and New Media
13. Illustration and Graphics
14. Interior and Furniture Design
15. Industrial Design
16. Intermedia Art
17. Painting
18. Photography
19. Photography II
20. Product Design
21. Sculpture
22. Textile Design
23. Type Design and Typography
24. 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. 

More About VA

VA Classes and Structure of the program 

Application process and other FAQ

VA History

VA Graduates

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Contact

VISUAL ARTS Coordinator (Hana Smělá)
e-mail: visualarts@vsup.cz 

Phone number: 00 420 251 098 119

Address for mailing the applications:

Academy of Art, Architecture and Design (AAAD/ UMPRUM)


 (Visual Arts Coordinator)
Náměstí Jana Palacha 80 

116 93 Praha 1 

the Czech Republic 

www.vsup.cz

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