Visual Arts Program - MA Program in English

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Application Deadline - 31st May 2020!

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

UMPRUM´s ranking among the world's best universities within the prestigious QS World University Rankings: this year, it has moved up by an incredible 100 spots, reaching between 51st and 100^th .  

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 MA program in English (a three-year course across all Architecture studios) 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 study in 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 (it is not possible to apply for this studio, you can only do your one-semester (or two-semester) exchange in this studio)

Scholarships

A great chance to apply for a scholarship awarded by Educations.com. The application deadline is 13th April 2020.

For more see this link.

About UMPRUM / AAAD

Founded in 1885, the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM / AAAD) 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 UMPRUM 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. 

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