Masters Degrees in Creative Arts & Design, Ireland

Creative Writing allows us to interact with and shape our changing world; to study and influence artistic values and practices; and to cultivate inventive and authentic forms of expression. Read more

Do you want to upskill in the area of Design and Innovation while working? This is an exciting new Masters programme designed for people from varied backgrounds who want to develop their innovation, design, management and leadership skills. Read more

The Master’s Degree in Art and Technology is a 12 month graduate program that fuses emergent media, computer science, electronic music and digital art. Read more

Students take six taught modules and a Dissertation or Dissertation with Practice module that includes Research Methodologies. Read more

This taught masters focuses on theatre and performance in Irish, European, and international contexts, and is designed to strengthen the analytic, critical, and practical approaches of theatre students. Read more

The course offers graduates in English or in related disciplines (e.g. history, art history, Irish studies, a modern language) the opportunity to study a broad range of Irish writing in English from the late-sixteeenth century to the present. Read more

This course, the first Masters course in creative writing in an Irish university, was offered by the School of English for the first time in 1997-98. Read more

The MMT programme is a full-time, twelve month course (or part-time over twenty four months). The first and second semesters form a self-contained… Read more

The Stage Design programme is purposely designed to allow students to either specialise on one area of stage design (set, costume OR lighting design) or to combine disciplines as desired (set AND costume design for example, or set AND lighting design). Read more

The Master in Fine Art Theatre Directing programme is the first entirely practice-based Masters programme of its kind in Ireland. Read more

This taught Masters course (1 year full–time or 2 years part–time) offers students a wide range of art-historical approaches to the art and architecture of Ireland and the abundant holdings of European and World art in Ireland. Read more

Started in the academic year 2012-13, the Music Department is offering a one-year M.Phil. in Music Composition to cater for the growing demand for graduate studies of international standing in the area of Composition. Read more

We are excited to announce our new MSc in Emerging Media building on over twenty years of expertise in research and teaching in the area of multimedia. Read more

There is NO intake for this programme for Autumn 2020. Next intake is in Autumn 2021. DCU’s MA in Choral Studies is the first programme of its kind in Ireland. Read more

The MSc in World Heritage Conservation is a part-time, online, distance learning course designed to equip you with current thinking and professional understanding of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Read more