Royal College of Art, Postgraduate Courses Masters Degrees

The MA Animation programme at the Royal College of Art has a world-class reputation for artistic, director-led creative practice and innovative risk-taking and our students also explore the increasingly porous borders between animation, virtual reality, augmented reality, or new media art. Read more

Expand the possibilities of your practice by developing a speculative, independent and critical ethos. Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) part II and Architects Registration Board (ARB) validated since 1983. Read more

Working at the intersection of theory, research, media and critical-spatial-practices, the MPhil programme in Architecture supports experimental practice-led and interdisciplinary theses aiming at tangible public and social impact. Read more

The RCA will be launching a new Master of Fine Arts programme for the start of the 2023/24 academic year. Read more

The School provides expert supervision across the spectrum of art and writing practice, art and design history and theory, curating and criticism. Read more

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. Read more

The MA City Design envisions new concepts of city and urban life by placing design speculation at the core of social innovation. City life is undergoing momentous change. Read more

Develop new ways of experiencing, interacting and communicating on this new Master of Fine Arts (MFA) The RCA will be launching a new MFA Communication programme for the start of the 2023/24 academic year. Read more

Research is a rich, central and essential part of the School of Communication. Our MPhil degrees are grounded firmly in research theory and methods, while maintaining and encouraging a high degree of creativity and experimentation. Read more

The Computer Science Research Centre welcomes postgraduate students (MPhil/PhD) from a wide range of cross-disciplinary backgrounds to address strategic needs in priority research areas such as Computer Graphics and Visualisations, Smart and Interactive Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Systems. Read more

A discursive environment of experimentation, self-reflexivity and critical art practices Contemporary Art Practice (CAP) at the Royal College of Art is… Read more

Develop strategies for working across diverse international learning environments on this new Master of Education (MEd) The MEd in Creative Education will enable you to develop the confidence to design, deliver and evaluate innovative creative education that is informed by a critical understanding of competing conceptual and policy perspectives. Read more

Learn to develop innovative curatorial proposals with London-based arts organisations 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. Read more

Transform the world and your career through the potential of design on this new Master of Design (MDes) In an era of turbulence for people, planet and nature, how we navigate our future is more critical than ever. Read more

The School of Design is home to internationally significant research, much of which is practice-based. Read more