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1.9k Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in United Kingdom
Performance MFA
An interdisciplinary and collaborative programme that embraces experimentation while preparing you for the future of performance. Choose your specialist pathway to develop a deeper understanding of your area of interest.

Fine Art
Refine your art practice in an intensive, residency-style course over 12 months, deepening your research skills and professional understanding of fine art. We offer a master degree in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University.

Architecture
The Architecture programme offered by The University of Lancashire focuses on design innovation and current theories of architecture and urbanism to challenge your thinking and prepare you for practice.
Theatre, Performance and Critical Culture
The Theatre, Performance and Critical Culture M.A. at King's College London is a dynamic programme designed for those passionate about the performing arts. This full-time degree immerses students in critical theories and cultural practices, providing a comprehensive understanding of performance in contemporary contexts.
Literature and Arts
Literature and Arts is a two-year, part-time MSt degree from University of Oxford in interdisciplinary studies in literature and arts. The course takes place over four five-day residences and two online modules. You will select two options from each of three periods of British history.
Photography
Photography is offered by Cardiff Metropolitan University. The MA Photography at Cardiff Met will enable you to take your photographic practice to the next level, finding your place within the context of the histories and practices of lens-based media.
Music
The MPhil/PhD in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London is a distinguished research programme designed for those seeking to delve deeply into various aspects of music. This full-time or part-time course typically spans 3-4 years, allowing students to explore composition, performance practice, and sonic arts under expert supervision.

Acting
Upon completion of the Master: Acting from the University of Surrey, you will have an advanced knowledge of context, style and genre in the practice of acting, with a coherent personal approach to acting techniques
Designer Maker
This Designer Maker programme from the University of the Arts London (UAL) aims to take the lead in re-asserting the position of craft and making in the contexts of contemporary design discourse, society and humanity.
Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media
The MSc in Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media at UCL is a two-year programme designed for those seeking to specialise in the conservation of modern artistic expressions. Offered in both full-time and part-time formats, this degree provides students with essential vocational training to address the complexities of contemporary art conservation.
Architectural Design
The University of Sheffield offers a one-year full-time Master's degree, the MA in Architectural Design. This programme encourages students to cultivate a unique design practice while engaging in real-world projects. It prepares graduates for both professional and academic pathways in architecture.
Design with Animation
This Design with Animation, MDes course from University of Sunderland Online has been developed to nurture highly skilled and ethically conscious designers who understand the transformative power of design in shaping society and the world.
Applied Landscape Archaeology
The Applied Landscape Archaeology course at the University of Oxford is concerned with the theories and methods of landscape archaeology. The course is intended for those with a degree (undergraduate or postgraduate) or an advanced diploma in archaeology or a related subject.
Choreography
The MFA in Choreography at the University of Roehampton is a two-year, full-time programme designed to refine your artistic voice. This degree provides an immersive experience, integrating creative and technical skills essential for a successful career in the arts sector. Join us to explore choreography's potential in various contexts and make a meaningful impact.
Light in Performance MA
The Light in Performance MA offers a unique opportunity to practically explore current uses and applications of light as a material for performance. Learning happens through a series of experimental workshops in a fully equipped studio theatre, observations/placements, and specialist training with industry partners.
Cities
At Cities from Birkbeck, University of London you will explore a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches.
Spatial Performance and Design
Since antiquity, the Three Graces have been widely recognised symbols of delicate beauty, youthful mirth and charming elegance.
Film
The MA Film course from University of South Wales offers students the opportunity to hone key skills for a variety of career options in the film and television industry.
Acting - Classical
The Acting - Classical course at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama draws on the hugely influential theories and techniques for training the expressive body, voice and imagination. Working with some of the greatest dramatic texts ever written, you are asked to consider what they mean now, and how their 21st century reinterpretation and re-imagining still holds a ‘mirror up to nature.
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre from University of Chichester offers a comprehensive and immersive training experience designed to prepare you for a successful career in the dynamic world of musical theatre.