Curating Contemporary Art MA 12 months Postgraduate Program By Royal College of Art |Top Universities
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Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

37,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Art and DesignMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Join a well-established and influential community of students actively contributing to how curating is understood, practised and thought about globally. We are a highly international programme designed to develop your critical awareness of curating in a global context. We place real importance on working collaboratively to share knowledge and culture, and test ideas.

When you graduate, you will join a network of over 500 CCA alumni from across 47 countries, many still working together, collectively shaping the practice of curating contemporary art and the spaces and places it is encountered.

Program overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Join a well-established and influential community of students actively contributing to how curating is understood, practised and thought about globally. We are a highly international programme designed to develop your critical awareness of curating in a global context. We place real importance on working collaboratively to share knowledge and culture, and test ideas.

When you graduate, you will join a network of over 500 CCA alumni from across 47 countries, many still working together, collectively shaping the practice of curating contemporary art and the spaces and places it is encountered.

Admission Requirements

6.5+

Candidates are selected entirely on merit and applications are welcomed from all over the world. The selection process will consider creativity, imagination and innovation as demonstrated in your portfolio, as well as your potential to benefit from the programme and to achieve high MA standards overall.

You are generally expected to have a good undergraduate degree from an arts or humanities background.If your undergraduate degree is not arts or humanities-based you should be able to articulate its relevance, or how it informs your aim to study Curating Contemporary Art. You also need to be able to demonstrate an active interest in contemporary art and its presentation and mediation, and have some practical experience of working within the visual arts or cultural sector that is relevant to the field of curatorial practice.

As a student on this programme you will help to develop the multi-, interdisciplinary and exploratory nature of contemporary curatorial practice and the future of curating. One of the primary aims of this programme is that you develop the skills and confidence to work effectively within this field, to act as an innovative and responsible practitioner, and that you contribute to the valuing of art and culture in your future work.

1 Year
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic Students

15,150 GBP
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International Students

37,000 GBP
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