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109 Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in South Africa
Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies
Interdisciplinary Arts and Culture Studies from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg offers an opportunity to engage with the ways in which the worlds of work and artistic practice increasingly reflect dissolving boundaries between traditional disciplines in the arts, humanities, commerce, science and technology.
Urban Development
The purpose of the Urban Development programme from Central University of Technology, Free State is to provide knowledge and skills required for the practice of urban development and provide vertical articulation to relevant higher degrees in the built environment.
Landscape Architecture
The Landscape Architecture programme from University of Cape Town is in dialogue between contemporary international landscape architectural history and theory, African cultures and innovations in landscape architecture and urbanism that can be reflected back to the world.
Art and Design
Holders of any other equivalent South African or international qualification may also be considered for the Art and Design programme from Tshwane University of Technology.
Art History and Visual Culture
Art History and Visual Culture is the study of ancient cultures; their art, literature, thought and history. The focus of Classics is the ancient Mediterranean – Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East – but our courses also include modules on ancient Africa, India and China. The Classics program of Rhodes University is designed to stimulate, inform, and encourage reflection.
Arts in Music
The Arts in Music degree offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is a postgraduate degree in research. The research can be in musicology or ethnomusicology, but can also include another subdiscipline of academic music studies as long as the research undertaken is of a scholarly nature.
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture from University of Pretoria focuses on research to drive innovative and enquiry-led teaching for educating and positioning our students to be leaders in their professions.
Architectural Technology
Candidates for the Architectural Technology program at Tshwane University of Technology who do not meet the 60% minimum academic requirements, may be invited to appear before a Departmental Selection Committee for consideration. Further information regarding the process is available at the Department.
Town and Regional Planning
At University of Kwazulu Natal, the main Masters at by course-work programme we run is the Master in Town and Regional Planning Programme (MTRP).
Drama
The Drama programme of Rhodes University has been in operation since 1988, offering possibilities of study via thesis only, or by coursework and half thesis.
Music Therapy
Music Therapy from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving that will help you develop to your full potential.
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.
Information Design
Information Design from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving.
Architecture (Professional)
The Master of Architecture (Professional) offered at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg facilitates creative production of an architectural research report integrating theory, research, analysis, design and systems technology. This is a 1 year full-time degree.
Film and Television Studies
Students who choose the Film and Television Studies major at University of Cape Town will develop a keen understanding of the vocabulary, history and theory of a wide range of film and television genres, including Global Cinemas, independent cinema and film culture
Industrial Design
The purpose of the MA in Industrial Design from University of Johannesburg is to develop researchers who can contribute to industrial design knowledge at an advanced level.
Sustainable Urban Planning and Development (Sustainable and Smart Cities and Regions)
The Master in Sustainable Urban Planning and Development (Sustainable and Smart Cities and Regions) from University of Johannesburg's purpose is to develop an intellectual with advanced abilities in applying fundamental engineering sciences or related inter-disciplinary principles to specific problems of society at large.
Industrial Sociology and Labour Studies
Industrial Sociology and Labour Studies from University of Pretoria provides a holistic education, transferable skills, critical thinking, and communication and problem-solving.
Music and Musicology
Music and Musicology is the study of ancient cultures; their art, literature, thought and history. The focus of Classics is the ancient Mediterranean – Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East – but our courses also include modules on ancient Africa, India and China. The Classics program of Rhodes University is designed to stimulate, inform, and encourage reflection.
Art History
The master of Art History at University of South Africa (UNISA) offers high-quality general academic and career-focused distance education tuition in the arts, humanities, social sciences, religion and theology.