Postgraduate Master Programme Specification – Art

  • Programmes of study: Architecture; Design; Fine Arts; Graphics and Visual Communication
  • Level of study: Master
  • Duration of programme: 2 years (Design, Fine Arts, Graphics and Visual Communication); 3 years (Architecture)
  • Mode of study: full-time
  • Language of instruction: Czech
  • Structure of curriculum: individual studio teaching of an art specialisation which rests upon the theoretical visual arts modules as well as specialized professional modules and supplemented by general background modules
  • Graduation examinations: final state examination in the history of art, defense of master’s thesis
  • Award to be conferred: Master of Arts (MgA.)

The follow-up master’s program is conceived as a two-year or three-year course and the individual studios highlight various areas of the fields of architecture, design, fine arts and graphics and visual communication.

The focal point of the education process is studio-based training in which artistic concept is combined with technical work and craftsmanship. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field, mastering the fundamental principles of creative work and applying them in a creative personal approach.

Studio training is divided into two parts: 

- semestral: lasting 12 weeks, in which students from all years and both degree levels meet in the course of solving semestral assignments of various durations and levels of difficulty;

- final project: a three-week project that each student solves and defends entirely independently.

In the follow-up master’s course, emphasis is placed on formation of the personality of the artist and creative individual approaches grounded in knowledge of the basic principles of the given discipline. An important part of the educational process consists of individual or self-motivated projects in the course of which the student will display sufficient maturity and the ability to plan her/his own artistic growth.  In addition, the students are also offered a wide range of theoretical subjects from the areas of art history, aesthetics and art philosophy, as well as other, voluntary subjects.