224 Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in Canada
Design
The Design MDes program at York University offers strong supportive design studies courses which provide a foundation for doctoral studies in the rapidly developing areas of Design Research and Design Theory.
Art and Design
University of Alberta's Department of Art and Design offers graduate programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in the History of Art, Design and Visual Culture and Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design degrees in a wide range of studio disciplines.
Cinema Studies
The Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto offers a program leading to the Master of Arts.
Architecture
The School of Architecture at University of Waterloo is a leader in design education and research.
Composition
The University of Alberta offers the M.Mus. degree with a specialization in Composition, and the D. Mus degree with composition as an area of concentration. Students work closely with faculty members who specialize in modern composition for acoustic media, electroacoustic or electronic media, computer music programming, hardware and software experimentation, and improvisation.
Conducting - Choral Conducting
The Conducting - Choral Conducting program from the University of British Columbia features private conducting study and significant podium time. Teaching Assistantships in conducting and ensembles provide vital experiential learning opportunities throughout the degree.
Piano
The Piano program from University of British Columbia is offered to candidates who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment.
Music
Students entering the Master of Music (MMus) degree program at the University of Regina will ordinarily hold a music degree comparable to the degree Bachelor of Music offered by the University of Regina.
Music
We offer a master in Music at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Memorial's School of Music, the largest in Atlantic Canada, is a vibrant community of performing and creative musicians, together with researchers whose work encompasses a wide range of interests across the spectrum areas of musical enquiry.
Architecture and Landscape Architecture
The dual degree option is a four-year program to pursue the Architecture and Landscape Architecture program at University of British Columbia at the same time. The dual degree is certified with both the Canadian Architectural Certification Board and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.
Design
The Design MDes is a research-focused program at Carleton University for candidates with prior design training or professional experience who want to probe more deeply into the theoretical and research issues related to design research, interdisciplinary design development and strategic design planning that adds new knowledge to the design field.
Music Therapy
The Music Therapy course at Wilfrid Laurier University is the longest-running graduate music therapy programme in Canada.
Ethnomusicology
The MA and PhD programs in Ethnomusicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland offer unique opportunities for individuals who are interested in researching music as a cultural practice.
Theatre and Performance Studies
The Theatre and Performance Studies MA program at York University emphasizes our collective interest in theatre, performance, and cultural politics. For us, this means teaching classes that explore performance both on stage and in everyday life in order to highlight the cultural, political, material and ideological dimensions of performance practices – both past and present.
Urban Innovation
The Master of Urban Innovation (MUI) at the University of Toronto is a 20-month professional master’s program for students interested in urban issues and economic development.
Web and Mobile App Design and Development
This Web and Mobile App Design and Development from Langara College is a two-year post-baccalaureate diploma program that focuses on web and mobile app design and development, from concept to deployment.

Game Development - Advanced Programming
The Game Development - Advanced Programming Postgrad.Cert from Fanshawe College will train you to do what game programmers on project technical teams do, including graphics effects, animation systems, artificial intelligence (AI), physical modeling, sound, and scripting systems.
Fine Arts
The Fine Arts programme at Emily Carr University of Art + Design is a comprehensive two-year, full-time graduate course. Students can choose between immersive full-residency on-campus study or flexible low-residency formats. This Master of Fine Arts degree focuses on interdisciplinary studio practice and creative research.
Studio Art
This Studio Art MFA program offered by University of Saskatchewan is an intensive, studio-based program offering artists the opportunity to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of their art practice in the context of a challenging and supportive faculty of studio artists, art historians and art educators.
Urban and Regional Planning
The course-based MSc in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Alberta was developed from international and local trends of urbanization, environmental change, economic unpredictability, and globalization.