Postgraduate Study at NCAD

We offer professional and graduate diplomas, taught MA programmes as well as research degrees (MLitt, MRes and PhD) at NCAD. We welcome ‘practice-based’ and ‘by thesis’ research in all our fields of study across Art, Design, Education and Visual Culture.

There is also the option to join credited-classes offered by the Creative Futures Academy, a ground-breaking partnership between three leading creative institutions in Dublin: NCAD, University College Dublin, and the Institute of Art Design + Technology. 

Postgraduate students access methods, ideas, critical processes and approaches, share with peers, and interact with world-class practitioners.

A large and research-active academic staff team at NCAD supplemented by specialist visiting and part-time lecturers, and Postdoctoral, Research and Fulbright Scholars form a rich learning and research community.

We can provide the critical, disciplinary and technical expertise to support our postgraduate students to practice at the forefront of their chosen discipline.