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7.7k Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture
Choosing the right programme in Arts, Design & Architecture can be a pivotal decision for international students. Tuition fees vary widely, with the lower-end fee at €3,000 and the typical fee around €22,479. On the higher end, fees can reach up to €54,045. It's important to consider these figures when planning your budget. Additionally, 3% of programmes are considered affordable, offering more accessible options for students. For those preferring flexibility, 9% of programmes are available online, allowing you to study from anywhere in the world.
Music Performance
The Music Performance Master of Music at Montclair State University is an intensive, in-person postgraduate programme. Designed for completion over two years, this degree offers advanced artistic training for conductors, soloists, and collaborative artists seeking to refine their craft within a world-class creative environment.
Vocal Performance
Students in the Master of Music in Vocal Performance degree program at University of Miami are serious musicians, and they come to the Frost School of Music to take an important step toward attaining their goals as a vocalist, whether to perform in concert halls or opera houses, or to work as a voice teacher.

Landscape Architecture
Join University of Idaho’s accredited Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) degree program to address today’s most pressing environmental challenges — like water conservation, green infrastructure and urban resilience — while fulfilling the requirements to become a licensed landscape architect.
City and Regional Studies
The City and Regional Studies programme of Rutgers University is a 30-credit degree offered only in specialized circumstances. The programme offers six areas of concentration that allow students to specialize in one or more fields of planning, in addition to taking the required core courses.
Urban and Regional Planning
As a professional discipline, urban planning is concerned with sustaining and enhancing the quality of life in cities and regions, and designing livable communities. The Urban and Regional Planning program is offered by Alabama A&M University.
Architecture - Property and Development
Architecture - Property and Development from University of New South Wales is a postgraduate double degree that combines a professional education in the practice and theory of architecture with a commercial understanding of how buildings are developed and managed.
Studio Art with a Concentration in Printmaking
This Studio Art with a Concentration in Printmaking program from University of North Texasis a broad and intensive terminal degree in experience focuses on intellectual and creative growth, fostering the students' practice and preparing them for a lifetime of accomplishment and meaningful contribution as culture creators.
Architecture
The Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programme in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano offers its students training in the profession of architecture based on a ‘polytechnic culture’, in which humanistic and artistic skills are inseparably and continually combined with scientific and technological skills within a technical university that is a leader in Europe and the world.
Visual Arts
The Department of Visual Arts at the Stellenbosch University occupies an historic, fully renovated building in oak-lined Victoria Street. We offer custom-designed studio and workshop spaces for study streams in Fine Arts, Visual Communication Design and Jewellery Design, including an industry-standard new media computer lab.
Jazz Studies
The Master of Music in Jazz Studies at The City University of New York is a comprehensive postgraduate programme delivered in a public study mode. Over four semesters, students engage in advanced musical training to become professional performers or composers, benefiting from expert instruction and diverse ensemble opportunities.
Music Education
The Music Education programme at Montana State University is a two-year, 100% online Master of Music degree. Designed for practicing teachers, this flexible course allows professionals to enhance their pedagogical skills and earning potential while working. It focuses on practical applications for K-12 music classrooms.
Master of International Development and Planning
The Master of International Development and Planning at University of Otago is a 12 month (full time) course work Masters degree, that includes a research dissertation. The degree combines an enhanced understanding of development issues and needs, with the professional skills and competencies that professional planning education provides.
Studio Art
The Newcomb Art Department offers a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art degree at Tulane University in an intensive, interdisciplinary, two-year residency program that emphasizes close interaction with dedicated faculty and peers, and engagement with New Orleans’ unique cultural landscape.
Fashion Writing and Curation
The Fashion Writing and Curation program at Polimoda aims to shape independent thinkers with an in-depth understanding of contemporary fashion culture who aren’t afraid of questioning the current fashion system and driving change. Students learn about the importance of language and writing in order to support local and global talent into a new vision of the fashion system.
Orchestral Conducting
The Orchestral Conducting M.Sc. at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is a two-year, full-time public programme. It offers specialist one-to-one tuition and hands-on experience. Students develop creative authority and professional skills through industry connections and high-level practical training in Cardiff.
Early Music Performance
Early Music Performance from University of Southern California is a two-year, 32-unit program consisting of course work in music history, individual instruction on a historical instrument or voice, early music ensemble and collegium workshop, culminating with a thesis.
Theatre
The Theatre programme at the University of Cape Town focuses on the activity of creating theatre pieces in a South African tradition of collective theatre making.
Music Composition
The Music Composition programme at the University of Louisville is a two-year, full-time Master of Music degree. It focuses on advanced creative expertise for students with a background in music. This professional course offers specialised tracks in acoustic, electronic, or combined media to suit diverse artistic goals.
Performance - Design and Practice
The MA Performance - Design and Practice at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is a two-year, extended full-time programme. This course immerses students in the dynamic world of performance, encouraging innovative approaches to design and practice within a collaborative environment.

Interior Design
The Interior Design offered by University of Brighton is a future-facing course that deals with current issues and themes, taking an interdisciplinary approach that values creativity, curiosity and methodical rigour to build on the traditional abilities of the interior designer.