Study location	Ireland, ATU Galway City (Wellpark Road)
Type	Postgraduate, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year (90 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MA (Master of Arts in Creative Practice)
Course code	0125/0167

Tuition fee	€14,000 per year
Application fee	€20 one-time

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Qualifications must meet the equivalent of the Undergraduate Bachelors degree level 6 NFQ The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. This includes a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. If your Documents are not in English, please upload a translated version You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 6+, TOEFL 79+ or Duolingo English Test 100+ More Information

Other requirements

Portfolio Requirement: Applicants must submit a portfolio as part of their application. The portfolio should demonstrate creativity, technical ability, and relevant experience in areas such as animation, game design, digital art, or similar creative work. Please ensure your portfolio is well-organised and highlights your strongest skills. Interview You will be required to participate in a virtual interview process. Further details will be provided by the ATU Galway-Mayo Global Office.

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Overview

A Level 9 qualification in Creative Practice, available over 12 months from October to September. The MA in Creative Practice offer artists, designers and filmmakers a creative and critically informed environment in which to develop and consolidate their practice. The course will support imaginative, experimental and interdisciplinary enquiry through a range of media and approaches.

Students will choose one of four strands in which to base their study:

Contemporary art studio practice
Digital cultures
Film and lens based media
Socially engaged practice

The course is structured so as to balance general and specific demands of various practices. Students will be encouraged to work collaboratively as well as be independent, self-directed critical thinkers. The emphasis of the course is on the student completing a large practice-based project. This culminates with the production of a final exhibition, film screening or project presentation with a thesis demonstrating appropriate critical contextualization of the practice based work.

Career opportunities

argeted areas of employment for graduates of this programme lie within the extensive range of creative networks and cultural infrastructure of the city, region and beyond.

Employment opportunities include:

Self-employed artists
Socially engaged and public art projects
Arts administration
Curation
Film makers
Technicians
Designers

Within education, opportunities exist for advanced research at level 10 and beyond, as well as opportunities in second and third level teaching, lecturing and art education programmes in museum and cultural institutions.

The sector thrives on innovation, initiative and ambition. The MA in Creative Practice fosters such ambition through a strategically informed practical project-based environment.