Postgraduate Study @ NCAD

NCAD offers advanced study, practice and research across art, design, education, history, theory and criticism. Artists, designers, theorists, critics, historians, educators and other cultural workers pursue postgraduate studies at the College, attracted by the strength of existing programmes and the constant innovation which creates programmes attuned to the latest developments in art, design, visual culture, criticism and theory.

An undergraduate education aims to provide a sound basis in the skills that are part and parcel of being an artist, designer and craftsperson – from the physical and technical know-how to knowing how to operate as a professional practitioner in your field. At postgraduate level the student is expected to demonstrate a level of knowledge and understanding that is at the forefront of the discipline. (See further www.nqf.ie and www.visualartists.ie/Services/sfr_infopool_pp.html.)

Postgraduate study at NCAD offers the opportunity to develop your practice through enhancing your skills and through critical engagement with others. Postgraduate students access methods, ideas, critical processes and approaches, share with peers, and interact with world-class practitioners. A full-time academic staff of 75 lecturers and tutors supplemented by specialist visiting and part-time lecturers, and Postdoctoral, Research and Fulbright Scholars supports a rich learning and research environment, and supplies the critical, disciplinary and technical expertise to support our postgraduate students in practicing at and advancing the forefront of their particular discipline.

Postgraduate Prospectus

The 2010-2011 Postgraduate prospectus is now available to download:

Download: NCAD Postgraduate Prospectus 2010-2011 - (PDF 2.1 MB)

NCAD Postgraduate Yearbook 2010

The 2010 NCAD Postgraduate Yearbook which documents the increasingly vibrant NCAD research community, including both postgraduate students and staff is now available online.

The yearbook is both a record of the graduating cohort of 2010 and a marker for the ambition of NCAD to be a national and international leader in the feld of research in art and design, and in articulating their role in social space

Click here to read the Postgraduate yearbook online

Click here to download the Postgraduate Yearbook (PDF 3.5MB)

Postgraduate Open Evening

The Postgraduate Open will take place from 4-7.00pm on Thursday, 9 December 2010 in the School of Design for Industry, NCAD, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8.

A Schedule of Presentations will take place during the Open Evening outlining full information on all our various postgraduate programmes - details will be posted on the website shortly.

Closing Dates

Click here for all postgraduate closing dates.

Contact

If you have specific questions about postgraduate applications please contact the Admissions Office at:

Phone: 353 (0)1 6364200
Fax: 353 (0)1 6364207
E-mail: fios@ncad.ie

Office Hours 9:30-12:45 and 14:00-17:00.

[The Admissions Office is closed to the public on Friday afternoons.]

If you have more general questions about postgraduate study at NCAD please contact: postgraduate@ncad.ie