Application deadline: April 1, 2020
Malmö Art Academy is an internationally renowned fine arts programme at Lund University, Scandinavia’s largest comprehensive university. The Academy is a state-financed school of fine arts with 74 students offering a three-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) programme and a two-year Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programme. In addition, it offers a two-year Master of Fine Arts in Artistic Research programme and a Doctorate Programme in Fine Arts.
Master of Fine Arts in Artistic Research programme
Full-time, 120 ECTS credits
Teaching language: English
The Master of Fine Arts in Artistic Research is a two-year full-time programme. The aim of the programme is to prepare artists in defining and formulating a research project in fine arts, aiming for admission to a doctoral programme in fine arts. The programme has a distinct international profile and prepares students for an international career.
The focus is on the individual research project that the applicant applied to the programme with and develops during the programme. Based on this project, students are encouraged to develop research questions that emerge from individual research processes and artistic methods. These are discussed and developed in relation to other methods that have emerged from other relevant research fields in close collaboration with existing academic disciplines. Through this training, students are stimulated to develop their own methods, which are different to those applied in other fields of research.
The types of instruction include both seminars and courses. The seminars include those within the programme as well as joint seminars together with the doctoral programme at the Malmö Art Academy, in which the students will participate as observers. The courses cover methodology courses specialising in artistic research projects but also more general methodology courses with guest researchers and artistic researchers from Lund University and other higher education institutions. A course in research ethics is also given.
An important part of the teaching consists of individual supervision during the course of the programme, as well as reviews of the individual study courses. It also includes the aforementioned seminars and reading seminars. However, the largest part of the programme will be dedicated to field projects and work on the students’ individual art projects specialising in research.
Another part of the programme involves organising and presenting lectures on topics related to the Master’s programme for both the rest of the academy and the public. Self-organised seminars or minor exhibitions may also occur.
Students are assessed through a joint exhibition/seminar/printed material/conference in which the individual project is presented as well as extended individual written assignments that are to develop into a proposal for a research project with a research question and schedule.
Admission requirements and selection process
Applicants must have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or equivalent. Selection is carried out by an admissions jury from eligible applicants based on submitted digital portfolios with samples of artistic work, a research project with a research question and a letter of recommendation as well as interviews.
For information about admission requirements and how to apply click here.
Master of Fine Arts programme
Full-time, 120 ECTS credits
Teaching language: English
Malmö Art Academy invites you to apply for the Master of Fine Arts programme, a two-year graduate programme in fine arts at Lund University. The Master’s programme includes in-depth research in art through individual studio practice and courses in art and various related disciplines. Malmö Art Academy has no separate departments. In the first year the students begin their advanced artistic work, with continuous discussions in seminars led by teachers and during this first year a study tour to an artistically interesting place, is included. Students organise their own curriculum, choosing from a wide range of technical and theoretical courses, many of which are taught by internationally renowned artists. Guest lectures from visiting artists and critics as well as various forms of collaborative projects are continuously offered at the Academy. In the second year students focus on their graduation work, which includes writing an essay and presenting a solo exhibition at the Academy’s gallery, KHM. Professors at Malmö Art Academy are, in consultation with an external participant, the examiners for a master’s degree. Approved graduation work meets the requirements for a degree of Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts.
Malmö Art Academy is situated in central Malmö and offers very good facilities. Each student has access to his or her own studio from the first year of study. The school has workshops for all relevant artistic techniques.
A contemporary programme in fine arts can work in close connection with cultural, artistic and scientific currents in the fields of art history and theory, architecture, philosophy, sociology, psychology and many other subjects. The affiliation with Lund University is a great advantage to Malmö Art Academy.
The international profile is an important feature of Malmö Art Academy. It is accentuated by the close proximity to Denmark and mainland Europe, as well as by student exchanges with art academies in other countries. The academy also benefits from the rich and internationally orientated art life in the region, which has many art galleries, museums and other institutions. Guest lectures from visiting artists and critics as well as various forms of collaborative projects are continuously offered at the academy.
General requirement
Applicants must have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or equivalent.
For information about admission requirements and how to apply click here.
Tuition fees
There are no tuition fees for EU/EEA citizens. For non-EU/ EEA citizens the tuition fee for this programme is SEK 200,000 per year. For details on tuition fees and scholarships, see lunduniversity.lu.se
