Fine Arts

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The Academy of Fine Arts is situated close to the riverside of Umeälven. Totally, BFA- and MFA-level, there are 75 students at the school.
The Master program provides advanced and specialised experience and skills in artistic work, theory and techniques with a focus on individual investigative art work. Students train their ability to critically analyse cultural ideas and contexts in which they exist. They also train to debate and write about art. Around 60 % of the study year is individual artistic work, the rest is courses, workshops, seminars, lectures and projects. Each student has a studio and two professors/tutors. The well equipped workshops in wood, plaster, metal, bronz, graphic, photo, video and computer based art work, are open to all the students. The Professors and tutors are mainly international Artists.

Instruction The Program includes project work (individually and in groups), tutorials (individually and in groups), lectures, seminars, courses, field studies. Courses in Art work, theory and techniques as well as workshops are offered from an extensive course catalogue. The students are required to make their own study plans in consultation with their professor.
Mandatory

* a work of Art focused on artistic research
* acooperative project based on the students own practise
* a written assignement relating to the students own artistic method
* regular tutorials
* public presentations of the Art work on at least to occasions
* courses according to the course web

Career Opportunities
The program prepares the students for a professional career as artists or work in areas where artistic skills and research are essential.

Courses in artistic work, theory and techniques and workshops are offered from an extensive course catalogue. The course catalogue is also available on the web and is regularly updated. Students can take 15 points (15 weeks) of electives per year among the courses in the catalogue, which means that their own artistic work is equivalent to 25 points (25 weeks) per academic year. Student are therefore expected to establish their own course curricula together with their supervisors.
The students´own artistic work, compared to the Bachelor program, is to show a clear progression.

Required work for Master´s studies

An artistic work focused on investigative artistic development (30 points)
A written assignment that relates to the student´s own artistic applications and its methods.

The students´texts are continually discussed in seminars under the guidance of the supervisor and together with the student group.

Regular discussions with the supervisor on the students´own artistic work. These artistic works are continually discussed in seminars under the guidance of the supervisor and together with the student group.

Public presentations of artistic works on at least two occations during the study period.

Compared with the exam work at the Bachelor level, the Master´s exam work must also show a significant level of specialisation and independence.
Marks for examinations are either Pass or Fail. The examiner for each section determines how a failed section is to be made up.

A successfully completed Bachelor´s degree in Fine Arts or equivalent. Artistic skills as judged through documentation of investigative artistic development work. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper Secondary course English A. English Language Requirements CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 80 (Grade A)