The National College of Art and Design occupies a unique position in art and design education in Ireland, offering the widest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
The National College of Art and Design occupies a unique position in art and design education in Ireland, offering the widest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Teaching suspended on campus during week commencing 4th Jan 2021. Online teaching continues.
NCAD Portfolio Submission Platform is Now Open! Follow the link below to submit your Portfolio for entry September 2021.
Applications NOW OPEN for postgraduate programmes starting in September 2021 at NCAD.
NCAD Open 2020-21. Find out all you need to know about preparing your portfolio and applying for an undergraduate place at NCAD in 2021.
Information on all programmes, entry requirements and admissions procedures for applicants to NCAD in 2021.
School of Design students and grad's see their work acknowledged at 3 recent prestigious design awards: ICAD Awards, DCCI Future Makers Awards, IDI Graduate Design Awards.
NCAD graduates have yet again swept the board at the Design and Craft Council of Ireland Future Makers awards.
Important update 23 -10 -2020 - Teaching on campus to resume Tuesday 27th October. Message from the Director to all students follow link below.
Exhibition of the work of 12 artists, organised by the MFA Fine Art, NCAD. Rua Red Online 20 - 28 Nov. 2020.
...at the ARTSTHREAD i-D Global Graduate Awards. BA Interaction Design grad Linas Staniukynas is the winner of the Interaction Design / Game Design Judges Vote.
NCAD staff have swept the boards at the IDI 2020 design awards, with 6 winners in their categories.
...in the ARTSTHREAD i-D Global Graduate Awards 2020. BA Product Design (2020) Sabhín O'Sullivan and BA Interaction Design (2020) Diarmuid Farrell awarded top prizes.
Lee Welch announced as the Studio Artist for 2020-21. Lee will be based in the Annex studios, James St, and will be contributing to the MFA Fine Art programme.
Our digital catalogue of the work of our 2020 Graduating Students; an extraordinary group of students who have completed their journey at NCAD during extraordinary times.
NCAD, IADT and UCD consortium successful in securing majority funding award for innovative Creative Futures Academy.
Visit our Portfolio Site for the Portfolio Guide, as well as information, events, portfolio courses - and more - to help you prepare your portfolio for NCAD.
This year’s winner of the Brown Thomas ‘Designer to Watch’ bursary is NCAD's Una Curran, who was chosen for her collection, ‘Entangled Traces’.
Applications NOW OPEN for the L7 Part-Time University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging.
Congratulations to the eight NCAD students who have been shortlisted for the Artsthread Global Design Graduate Awards 2020
An international online symposium which looks at the parallels and differences between mid-century modern kitchens in different national contexts - 16 & 17 Sept.
Classes for incoming students on some MA / MFA programmes in Design, Fine Art and Visual Culture at NCAD will commence in Jan 2021.
A showcase and celebration of the studio work of NCAD Year 1 students across Fine Art, Design and Education.
Applications NOW OPEN for the CEAD Part-Time L8 Higher Diploma in Art, and L7 Certificates in D+VI and P+DI, all three commencing autumn 2020.
#TogetherForDesign is an EGFSN report which forecasts the demand for design skills to 2025 and outlines the steps for Ireland to meet this need.
NCAD are offering a number of scholarships to incoming MA and PhD students for 2020/21. These scholarships will recognise excellence, outstanding achievement and potential.
Competing against entries from over 25 countries, 6 Department of Product Design students have been nominated for the prestigious award.
The latest Art in the Contemporary World show on @dublindigitalradio is now available.
NCAD and National Museum of Ireland announce partnership. First collaboration sees students research objects in Museum’s collection.
A Hurry Through Which Known and Strange Things Pass. A season of work by the MFA Art in the Contemporary World. Goethe-Institut Irland.
This ongoing body of research has been collated by artist Hannah Tiernan (MFA ACW, NCAD)
New Art in the Contemporary World radio show episode on Dublin Digital Radio. ...the end of art, the end of nature, the end of money, the end of the world & more...
We are very pleased to welcome two new contributors to MA/MFA Art in the Contemporary World this semester: novelist Sue Rainsford and curator Dr.Judith Wilkinson.
NCAD’s Product Design department is part of a consortium which has secured €3.2m funding for the development of a new medical device.
Information on the NCAD Conferring Ceremony, Monday 18th November 2019
NCAD Vision, Values and Strategic Focus 2019-2024.
The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) is a public research resource dedicated to the documentation of 20th century and contemporary Irish visual art and design.
Welcome to the Alumni section of the website. Here you will find details of opportunities for graduates and how to keep in touch with NCAD.
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As you may be aware under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), new rules surrounding Data Protection will come into effect on the 25th May 2018. Because of this NCAD are required to ensure that all data held must be fairly obtained and processed.
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