Université Rennes 2 campus

Arts & Humanities

Master Histoire de l'art, parcours Histoire et critique des arts (HCA) at Université Rennes 2

Université Rennes 2, France

Programme overview

Parcours preparing students for all jobs in art history, culture and heritage, offering in-depth research training across painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, printmaking, photography, film, new media, installations and performance, from Antiquity to the 21st century, with exchanges between art history, criticism and philosophy of art.

Faculty: UFR Arts, Lettres, Communication  |  Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS; M1 common, parcours in M2)  |  Study mode: full-time on campus; taught in French  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Rennes, Bretagne, France

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Application information

Entry requirements

Access requires a research project validated by a teacher of the Art History and Archaeology department who will supervise the dissertation. Open to Bac+3 holders in art history or, by equivalence, other licences (law, political science, humanities, history, geography and planning, visual arts) with knowledge of art history. Apply via Mon Master.

EUR 255 a year (2026-2027). National annual registration fee set by the ministry; international students are charged the same rate following the university's partial exemption from differentiated fees. CVEC and other fees excluded. Source

Intake: September

Duration: 2 years (120 ECTS; M1 common, parcours in M2)

Apply through the official page: https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr/

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