Open Evening

To welcome potential postgraduate students and give them a sense of what NCAD offers, an Open Evening is held each year.

The National College of Art & Design offers advanced study, practice and research across art, design, education, history, theory and criticism. Artists, designers, theorists, critics, historians, educators and other cultural workers pursue postgraduate studies at the College, attracted by the strength of existing programmes and the constant innovation which creates programmes attuned to the latest developments in art, design, visual culture, criticism and theory.

Higher and postgraduate diplomas, taught and research masters, and theory and practice-based PhDs are completed in NCAD. Some programmes provide full and part–time options, and interdisciplinary pathways of study are offered in order to facilitate dynamic cross-fertilisation of creative practice and critical thinking.

Masters and doctoral level studies are research-driven, even where they include major taught elements. Postgraduate students access methods, ideas, critical processes and approaches and share ideas with peers and interact with world-class practitioners.

NCAD provides doctoral and masters awards in art practice, design practice, education and visual culture. Taught masters programmes are:

  * Art in the Contemporary World
  * Art in the Digital World
  * Design History & Material Culture
  * Medical Devices Design
  * Arts Education

NCAD also provides the Postgraduate Diploma in Art & Design Education (a professional teaching qualification) and the Postgraduate Diploma in Community Arts Education. New postgraduate programmes are in development. Areas currently under development include Arts Education, Design and Interdisciplinarity, Participatory Culture and other aspects of contemporary cultural practices across art and design.