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MA Kunstgeschichte und visuelle Kulturen at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Consecutive Master programme in art history and visual cultures deepening Bachelor knowledge with scientific analysis, historical contextualisation and critical interpretation of images, objects, architecture and visual media.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Philosophische Fakultät)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); German-taught  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Four semesters conveying in-depth subject and methodological competences of art history in the context of visual cultures, structured into a compulsory area, a subject-specific elective area and further parts.

Career pathways

General qualification for classical and newer fields of art history: university, museum, monument conservation, galleries and others.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree recognised in Germany in art history or a related programme; English at level B2. Numerus clausus: no (open admission). Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Application period: 1 June – 15 September. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July; Application period EU applicants: 1 April – 15 September (with proof of German for study); 1 April – 15 July (without proof of German for study). Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) full-time; 8 semesters part-time

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