Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design

The Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design offers three study paths: Fine Art, Lens-Based Media and Experimental Publishing. 1. Fine Art: The two-year Master of Fine Art (MFA) program at the Piet Zwart Institute is an HBO Masters offered by the Willem de Kooning Academy, which is part of the Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences). The MFA program foregrounds the reciprocal articulation of research, practice, and professionalisation. It considers critical reflection, debate, and action as integral to self-directed artistic research and practice, and it fosters professional development for emerging artists through exposure to key actors and influences in the field of contemporary art, professional guidance and workshops, and exhibition and public programming opportunities for presenting ideas and work to wider audiences. 2. Lens-Based Media: this course focuses on approaching animation, photography, and the full range of contemporary cinematic forms as a single expanded field. 3. Experimental Publishing: this course prepares students to critically engage with societal issues within the fast-changing field of art, design and cultural products.

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Rotterdam) is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands with over 38,000 students.