Master's Degree Program
Konstfack’s two-year graduate program unites design, art, crafts, history, theory and criticism in a dialogue with studio and practice-based work. The program leads to a Master of Fine Arts which comprises 120 university credits.
The Master’s program offers eight different disciplines called Master’s Groups:
You apply to one of these Master's Groups; each one is led by its professors.
The Master’s program at Konstfack functions as an exploratory experimental workshop. Our goal is to lead development in the respective disciplines of arts, crafts and design. This is a program that prepares you for both research and professional careers, and provides you with the prerequisites for critical thinking, enabling you to evaluate your own creative work and place it in a meaningful context.
Requirements and selection
The Master’s program is designed for students with a Bachelor’s degree, a professional degree with a minimum of 180 credits, or an equivalent foreign degree. Exceptions to these degree requirements may be made for students who have acquired equivalency by other means. Selection is based upon a portfolio of artwork, a written project proposal or statement of aims. An interview is also conducted for admission to some Master Groups.
You apply to one of these Master’s Groups; each one is led by its professors. The Master’s program at Konstfack functions as an exploratory experimental workshop. Our goal is to lead development in the respective disciplines of arts, crafts and design. This is a program that prepares you for both research and professional careers, and provides you with critical thinking, enabling you to evaluate your own creative work and place it in a meaningful context.
Requirements
The Master’s program is designed for students with a Bachelor’s degree, a professional degree with a minimum of 180 credits, or an equivalent foreign degree. Exceptions to these degree requirements may be made for students who have acquired equivalency by other means.
Selection
Selection is made on artistic grounds and is based upon a portfolio of artwork, a project/thesis proposal or statement of intent. An interview is also conducted for all Master’s Groups. A good command of spoken and written English is required. The language of instruction is English for all common aspects of the program.
English language requirements
Some Master’s groups are entirely in English. Swedish applicants are required to have upper-secondary school grades in English B or equivalent. International applicants who obtained degrees from educational institutions where the main language of instruction is not English must submit their TOEFL or IELTS test results.
Read more about English language requirements and where to send your test results.
Form of instruction
The major part of your program consists of discipline-specific courses and your own work within your Master’s Group. This makes it possible to cultivate a broad knowledge and advanced understanding of your main area of interest, i.e. your chosen field. You will be expected to work independently and to have a clear vision of your own educational goals.
A part of the Master’s program consists of compulsory courses which are the same for all Master’s students. These courses and seminars will introduce you to a wide spectrum of theories and research practices.
Other components of the program are elective courses where you and your advisor jointly decide which courses are required in order to broaden and enrich your education. Electives offered by the different specializations at Konstfack enable further individual specialization. Your degree project comprises at least one semester of work.
Application and portfolios
1. Apply via www.universityadmissions.se by 16 January 2012 at the latest. Follow the instructions there.
2. Portfolios must be submitted via www.konstfack.se no later than 16 January 2012. Complete description of each Master’s Group and its particular admission requirements and how the portfolios are to be submitted can be found at each Master’s Group page.
Portfolios are submitted digitally
Besides the application via www.universityadmissions.se, you submit your portfolios digitally. At each Master’s Group page you can see what you are to submit, and how you go about submitting portfolios. If you are applying to more than one Master’s Group at Konstfack, you must submit portfolios for each group you’re applying to. All portfolios must be submitted digitally.
Note! This means that you cannot send in or submit physical portfolios to Konstfack. Portfolios that deviate from our instructions will not be considered.
More information
Please contact Lizette Gradén, Director of Studies, phone +46 8 450 41 04, lizette.graden@konstfack.se.