Best Arts Degree Programs for 2024

Master of Arts in Arts Administration (MAAA)

Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

United States of America (USA)

Arts, Business Administration, Management

Master of Arts (MA)

It takes more than passion to successfully lead an arts organization. Future arts administrators need business acumen, marketing expertise, and management skills to tackle the art world's greatest challenges. As an MAAA student, you’ll learn from top scholars in arts management and cultural policy. In addition to being committed educators, O'Neill faculty members are highly regarded by their peers in the arts management industry and at academic institutions across the country. Combining faculty and practical expertise with the astonishing variety of cultural offerings on campus and in Bloomington, students can look forward to an intellectually and culturally stimulating experience in the study and practice of arts management, while preparing themselves for leadership in the arts in the decades ahead.

English

2 Years

MA Arts Management

Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom

Arts, Business Administration, Management

Master of Arts (MA)

Our aim is to provide MA Arts Management students with an advanced understanding of the subject of Arts Management; advanced knowledge and understanding of the most up-to-date theories and discourses in Arts Management and how these are influencing practice; knowledge of international trends in cultural policy and how they are affecting, and affected by, the practice of Arts Management; essential practical skills relating to Arts Management, particularly strategic planning, financial management, business planning and engaging audiences; a sophisticated level of critical and divergent thinking and expression.

English

1 Year

MA Contemporary Art Practice

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Modern Literature, Arts, Fine Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Contemporary Art Practice (CAP) at the Royal College of Art is a cutting-edge MA programme in the School of Arts & Humanities that is driven by a post-medium, critical approach to the making and reception of art, where theory and practice come together to form new ways of responding to the contemporary world. The programme supports the development of your art practice within a responsive, dialogical and critical context with an emphasis on wider political issues – interrogating art production in relation to urgent socio-political contexts as well as questioning and redefining practice.

English

1 Year

MA Jewellery & Metal

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Arts, Fine Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The Jewellery & Metal programme seeks to unpick the relationship between people and things, pushing beyond the subject-object binary JaM students explore the multiple ways we are entrapped and enthralled by the complex entanglement of the material and immaterial worlds. Through emergent acts of making, JaM believes we can shed new light on these complex and essential relationships, revealing great depths in our understanding of, and being in, the world.

English

1 Year

MA Ceramics & Glass

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Fine Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The spirit of Ceramics & Glass at the RCA springs from a belief in the transformative power of material thinking, research and making to enable a new generation of artists and designers to enrich our world in imaginative and meaningful ways. Core to our philosophy is an exploration of how we can make ideas manifest through a tacit exploration of active materials and the generative potential of the process.

English

1 Year

MA Curating Contemporary Art

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Museum Studies, Art History, Fine Arts

Master of Arts (MA)

Curating is a creative, dynamic and diverse practice, constantly changing in relation to its context, to the work of artists and a range of cultural practitioners, and to the interests and expectations of audiences. When you join the Curating Contemporary Art MA (CCA) you join a well-established and highly influential programme and community of students actively contributing to how curating is understood, practised and thought about across the globe.

English

1 Year

MA History of Design (with V&A)

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

History, Museum Studies, Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The V&A/RCA MA History of Design draws on the exceptional resources and national and international networks of two world-leading centres of excellence for scholarship and creativity, the RCA and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). With a base at the RCA and dedicated programme rooms and library at the V&A, since its foundation in 1983, this pioneering programme has earned a worldwide reputation as the leading MA programme in the field. Our research-led teaching and experiential methods inspire and train future leaders in the field.

English

1 Year

MA Photography

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Arts, Fine Arts

Master of Arts (MA)

An expanded and interdisciplinary art practice with no fixed identity. A critical and educational environment in which you can develop as an artist with photography at the core of your practice.

English

1 Year

MA Visual Communication

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Communication, Arts, Graphic Design

Master of Arts (MA)

At the heart of your experience with us in Visual Communication is the shared commitment to ‘conversational practice’. By this, we mean a practical and discursive approach to making. We see communication as essentially, a conversation to form bridges, connect people and exchange ideas.

English

1 Year

MA Painting

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Fine Arts

Master of Arts (MA)

MA Painting at the Royal College of Art is a world-leading, studio-based MA programme with a successful record of turning out artists working at the forefront of the discipline and of international standing. Through our innovative approaches to teaching and learning, we foster a student to consider painting as a creative, self-reflexive, and critical activity that draws on a wealth of diverse historical, material and conceptual disciplinary resources as it thrives in the 21st century.

English

1 Year

MA Design Products

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Arts, Design, Industrial Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Design Products explores new terrain for designing products aiming to evolve new design disciplines and practices. We question ‘what is a product?’ and the assumption of adding products to uncover critical questioning to inform cutting-edge creative practices for designing better futures.

English

1 Year

MA Interior Design

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The MA Interior Design Programme engages you in exploring emergent ideas and issues concerning distinct aspects of the design of the interior. This incorporates research, practice and making work that explores the diversity of human occupation in numerous environments, extending from the room to the city. The programme encourages the view that the interior is an interface between its occupants and the built environment, and it supports the notion that the interior is an agent for social change.

English

1 Year

MA Fashion Communication

Conde Nast College

United Kingdom

Communication, Arts, Marketing and Communications

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA Fashion Communication programme serves as an extraordinary gateway for professionals and postgraduates seeking entry into the captivating world of fashion. It achieves this through a meticulously curated series of modules that illuminate the past, present, and future landscapes of the fashion industry. With its strong affiliation with Condé Nast Publications, this course grants students exclusive access to the inner workings of the fashion industry, accompanied by an unprecedented level of support.

English

1 Year

MA Creative Direction for Fashion Media

Conde Nast College

United Kingdom

Arts, Fashion Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA Creative Direction for Fashion Media is an exceptional, industry-centred programme that unveils the fascinating realms of visual storytelling, media branding, and multi-media production. Rooted in the vast reservoir of knowledge and expertise held by Condé Nast, this programme presents an exhilarating blend of structured academic instruction, hands-on technical workshops, self-driven research, and enriching masterclasses facilitated by esteemed industry pioneers. Together, these elements lead students on a transformative journey through the creative, commercial, and critical dimensions of fashion media across print, digital, and experiential platforms.

English

1 Year

MSc in Product Design

University of Dundee

United Kingdom

Arts, Design, Industrial Design

Master of Science (MSc)

This research-driven and interdisciplinary course will teach you to design and build prototypes that challenge the way people interact with technology.

English

1 Year

MLitt in Comics & Graphic Novels

University of Dundee

United Kingdom

Literature, Arts

Master's Degree

Study the history and theory of comics and graphic novels through different genres and cultures, using a variety of critical and creative approaches. Comics Studies is a rapidly expanding field that benefits from an interdisciplinary approach. Comics Studies is a rapidly expanding field that benefits from an interdisciplinary approach

English

1 Year

MA Cinematography

MetFilm School

United Kingdom, Germany

Arts, Film Studies

Master of Arts (MA)

The MA Cinematography course allows students to gain the knowledge and specialist skills required to be a cinematographer in today’s creative industries, engaging in a range of practical workshops and seminars to enhance their creative and technical skillset.

English

1 Year

MA Screenwriting

MetFilm School

United Kingdom, Germany

Creative Writing, Arts, Film Studies

Master of Arts (MA)

The MA Screenwriting course offers students a unique opportunity to develop screenwriting principles, including genre theory, audience and markets, classical and alternative narrative storytelling, pitching and screenplay analysis. Students will hone professional skills and develop their creative voice toward a final original piece of writing for the large or small screen.

English

1 Year

MA Filmmaking

London Film School

United Kingdom

Arts, Film Studies

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA Filmmaking is a non-specialist degree, training students in a variety of craft areas. Taught within small crews and units, we welcome students from over 40 countries. This programme is offered three times a year, with entry points in January, May and September.

English

2 Years

MA in Screenwriting

London Film School

United Kingdom

Creative Writing, Film Studies

Master of Arts (MA)

An intensive one-year programme with the emphasis on developing the writer's original voice.

English

1 Year

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1,708 Best Arts Degree Programs for 2024

Master of Arts in Arts Administration (MAAA)

MA Arts Management

MA Contemporary Art Practice

MA Jewellery & Metal

MA Ceramics & Glass

MA Curating Contemporary Art

MA History of Design (with V&A)

MA Photography

MA Visual Communication

MA Painting

MA Design Products

MA Interior Design

MA Fashion Communication

MA Creative Direction for Fashion Media

MSc in Product Design

MLitt in Comics & Graphic Novels

MA Cinematography

MA Screenwriting

MA Filmmaking

MA in Screenwriting

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