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M.A. Crafts, Textile Art
University of Gothenburg
| Application deadline: | January 15 |
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| Start date: | September 2013 |
| Credits: | 120 ECTS |
| Duration full-time: | 24 months |
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| Delivery mode: | On Campus |
| Educational variant: | Full-time |
Description
The Master Programme in Crafts is aimed at students wishing to develop their artistic capacity within one of the specialisations Ceramic Art, Jewellery Art and Design and Textile Art. The Programme will be offered at Advanced Level at the School of Design and Crafts (HDK).
HDK has well-equipped workshops and practical artistic work is the starting point for studies. Each student will formulate and carry through an individual artistic project under the supervision of professors, lecturers and technicians.
Individual studio work will be combined with individual and group run-throughs, oral and written presentations, theoretical discussions and seminars to provide students with tools for analysing and contextualising their work. The whole Master´s group will participate in these activities together, as is also the case with course components intended to prepare students for their professional lives such as study trips, presentations of invited artists of current interest, etc. This is a system that aims to stimulate cooperation between students, and that will maintain the ongoing dialogue about aspects specific to each of these three artistic orientations and aspects common to all. Cooperation between the different orientations and also with external partners will contribute to sharpening the students awareness about their own enterprises and the roles they choose, artistically as well as in a social and ethical perspective. The focus of the individual artistic specialisation makes supervision discussions an important tool of instruction. It also implies freedom for the students to conceive and carry out artistic projects and in this manner to structure their own studies themselves. Independence and ability to take the initiative are thus essential, and the common elements in the programme are intended to act as support for individual work.
The language of tuition is English or Swedish depending on the needs of the students.
Contents
During the first year the student´s own work will be combined with creative course components as well as those components concerned with orientation towards and preparation for a professional career. The second year is more directed towards individual work with a Master´s project as its focus.
The Programme will be concluded with an examination project leading to a Degree of Master of Fine Arts in Crafts with specialization in Textile Art. The Master´s Programme prepares the student for a research career and for a qualified professional role. These studies offer practical and theoretical intensification of the student´s artistry as a base for a qualified artistic enterprise within this field and/or post-graduate research studies.
Requirements
You are eligible to apply if you have successfully completed a Bachelor´s degree or university programme of 180 hec, of which 90 credits in the field of Arts and Crafts. Applicants with an equivalent artistic education or suitable working experience may be given admission to the programme after evaluation. Application is made through a written proposal outlining the aims and nature of individually-based projects to be undertaken. Relevant photographic material should also be submitted. Applicants must prove knowledge in English B level or English proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.5 no part under 5.5 or TOEFL 575 p, TWE score 4.5 is also required. This requirement does not apply to students with a Bachelor´s degree from an English speaking University, or to students having passed English level B at Swedish/Nordic Upper Secondary School.
Selection:At the latest January 16, you have to register on-line at and send all required documents to University Admissions according to the instructions on In order to process your application, you will also have to submit a portfolio for this programme. Please notice, that from now on, we will only accept digital portfolios. You are supposed to upload your portfolio on HDK s web-platform according to specific instructions for each programme. For further instructions about how to make your portfolio and a link to the platform, please check for each programme. Applicants will be selected after evaluation of all material. Interviews are conducted if considered necessary.
English Language Requirements
| IELTS band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL paper-based test score: | 575 |
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