Master in Visual Arts

The tuition fee is 3,505 USD per year.

Visual Arts is a master's degree taught in English at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, in Bologna, Italy, running two years for students holding a bachelor's degree in art, art history, or a related field. Visual arts as a field of study covers the theory, history, and critical analysis of art forms such as painting, sculpture, photography, video, and other contemporary media, alongside the practices and institutions that shape how art is produced, exhibited, and interpreted. Typical subjects include art history across different periods and movements, contemporary art theory, museum and curatorial studies, and the analysis of visual culture more broadly, including the relationship between art and media, technology, and society. Students often study how artistic movements have developed over time, how meaning is constructed and interpreted in visual works, and how galleries, museums, and other institutions curate and present art to the public. Coursework may also introduce methods for writing critically about art, organizing exhibitions, and researching archives or collections connected to specific artists or movements. Graduates from visual arts programs pursue careers in museum and gallery curation, art criticism and journalism, cultural institution management, art market and auction work, and roles in cultural policy or arts administration, and some continue into doctoral research in art history or visual culture studies. Bologna, home to Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, has a long history in the arts and humanities, and the program's English-taught format is designed to bring together an international group of students interested in the study, curation, and critical interpretation of visual art.