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

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.