About MA Art History, Collections & Curating in University College Dublin

The MA in Art History, Collections and Curating offers advanced postgraduate academic training in the history of art, with a special focus on collections and curatorial practice. It offers the opportunity to hone skills in the interpretation, critique, and analysis of works of art and architecture, developing the knowledge and capacity to pursue future careers in academia, research, writing, and curatorship. Combining academic scholarship with an introduction to the theory and practice of curation in museums and galleries, students will benefit from our School’s extensive partnerships with local, regional, and national cultural institutions whilst gaining first-hand exposure to advanced, active research in art. 

• Delivered by academics and practitioners from across the university and the larger Dublin community.

• Offers the opportunity to hone skills in the interpretation, critique, and analysis of works of art and architecture.

• Combines academic scholarship with an introduction to the theory and practice of curation in museums and galleries.

Numerous graduates from the School of Art History and Cultural Policy occupy leading positions in cultural institutions in Ireland and across the world. Our graduate programmes develop those skills essential to a wide spectrum of careers involved with the arts, visual culture and the media.  UCD graduates have occuplied directorial and curatorial positions at the National Gallery of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Chester Beatty Library and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, while a UCD graduate is currently Head of Education at the Wallace Collection, London.

Academic qualification equivalents

• A university degree in related subject

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: A minimum overall score of 7.0 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version.  The non-academic version is not accepted.
• TOEFL:  A minimum score of 100 is required in the Internet based TOEFL (iBT) with a score of at least 20 in each section.
• PTE: Minimum of 65 and at least 59 for each item.

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University College Dublin Average Tution Fees And Other Expenses

• University fees are fixed each year, however additional expenses while studying in Ireland must be planned beforehand.
• Tuition fee for the academic year 2020-2021 is given below:

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