Visual Arts

The Master of Arts in Visual Arts programme is offered with two concentrations:

1. Studio & Media Arts (SMA)
2. Craft & Design (CD)

The aims of this program are:

1. To nurture creative talents with contemporary research methodologies, in-depth professional knowledge and skills as well as cross-cultural and interdisciplinary awareness in diverse visual arts studio practices;
2. To locate students’ artistic and academic practices in global and local socio-cultural contexts;
3. To enable students to develop their own creative profiles according to their research interests in a specific visual arts discipline (their declared concentration); and
4. To meet the growing demand for professional practitioners in the cultural and creative sectors in Hong Kong and beyond.

Academic Qualification

1. A bachelor’s degree from a recognised university or comparable institution; or
2. A qualification deemed to be equivalent.

Language Proficiency Requirement

Applicants are expected to communicate in English at an advanced level, meeting one or more of the following qualifications:

1. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification earned from an English-medium institution; or
2. A band score of 6.5 or above in IELTS; or
3. TOEFL scores of 550 (paper-based) or 79 (internet-based); or
4. CET-6 (College English Test band 6): 450; or a pass in CET-6 for the old version of CET.

Others

Applicants should have relevant experience in respective studio practice. A portfolio of past works (5-10 images of original artworks in digital format or photographs) has to be submitted with the application.

Applicants have to declare their intended concentration (SMA or CD) as well as to submit a study proposal for the SMA/CD Studio Project in the admission exercise. 
 

The Government offers financial assistance in the form of non-means-tested loan to all students.  The beneficiaries are expected to repay their loans within a specified period after graduation.  
Scholarships are bestowed upon selected recipients including new students on the basis of academic merits and other criteria stipulated by the donors.