100 Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in Ireland
English, Drama and Film
The English, Drama and Film programme is offered at University College Dublin. With over 160 years of tradition, UCD has been a major contributor to the making of modern Ireland; leading and shaping the development of this nation since its foundation in 1854.

Design Innovation
The Design Innovation programme from Maynooth University is the first of its kind in Europe. Utilising a blend of theory and practice you will learn the necessary skills to become a leader in design innovation, developing smart, novel, winning innovation concepts.

History of Art
This History of Art programme from University College Cork is for those who already have a degree, preferably in the Arts or the Sciences, and who wish to study art history intensively over one (full-time) or two (part-time) academic years.

Interaction and Experience Design
This Interaction and Experience Design course from the University of Limerick focuses not just on what system do, but how users interact with it visually, physically, and behaviourally. It considers usability, efficiency, feedback, and emotional response to create a smooth and satisfying user experience.

Irish Music Studies
The Irish Music Studies from the University of Limerick encourages students to explore what constitutes Irish music in the broadest sense - analytically through research and discourse, or performatively through practice and presentation.

Urban Design and Climate Resilience
The Urban Design and Climate Resilience programme from University of Limerick prepares you for the range of professional activities in Urban Design, Sustainability and Climate Resilience. The MSc UDCR programme is situated in The School of Architecture and Product Design and, like the other programmes in the School, the Design Studio is at the core of the teaching methodology.
ReSound European Joint Masters
Discover ReSound, an innovative Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme that reimagines the role of sound in culture, society, and the creative industries. This two-year, four-semester journey goes beyond the screen, elevating sound as a fully-fledged discipline and a starting point for exploring its profound connection to image, space, and experience. *This programme is subject to validation*

Redesigning the Post-Industrial City (RePIC)
This Redesigning the Post-Industrial City (RePIC) course delivered by the University College Cork is a two-year, English-taught Master's programme jointly designed and delivered by the UNIC alliance – where the ambition is to build a vibrant knowledge and innovation community committed to the rethinking of more sustainable urban futures.

Ethnomusicology
The Ethnomusicology course from the University of Limerick is a one-year, full-time programme that explores music in its cultural, social, political and ecological contexts, asking how and why people make music, and why that matters.

Professional Master of Education (Art and Design)
This Professional Master of Education (Art and Design) degree course delivered by University College Cork is a new two-year full-time professional teacher education programme offered jointly by UCC's School of Education and the Munster Technological University (MTU) Crawford College of Art & Design (CCAD).
Music and Technology
The Master of Arts in Music and Technology at Munster Technological University is a full-time programme lasting one year. This course offers students the opportunity to specialise in either an MA or MSc pathway, focusing on the integration of music and technology. It is designed to equip learners with essential skills for the evolving creative industries.

Interaction and Experience Design - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year Interaction and Experience Design - Pre-Master's Programme from OnCampus Ireland at University of Limerick offers successful students guaranteed progression* to a range of partner universities.

Global Gallery Studies
The Global Gallery Studies course at University College Cork is a unique two-year part-time MA that prepares you for a career in the gallery sector and fine arts institutions in Ireland and internationally.
Education (Art and Design)
Education (Art and Design) from Munster Technological University leads to a professional qualification as post-primary teacher of Art and Design. It is recognised and accredited by the Teaching Council of Ireland for the purpose of registration as a post-primary teacher of Art and Design in Ireland and the EU. The programme integrates three strands of study.
Urban Design and Planning
The Urban Design and Planning course at University College Dublin is available to graduates of Architecture, Planning and other professions, such as Landscape Architecture and Engineering, with suitable academic qualifications.

Creative Music Technologies
The Creative Music Technologies degree at Maynooth University is aimed at graduates with musical abilities, who would like to explore musical applications of technology. The programme accepts graduates from any primary degree.
Theatre Directing
The Theatre Directing programme of Trinity College Dublin is the first entirely practiced-based Masters programme of its kind in Ireland. It was introduced following extensive consultation with the Irish theatre community and is a direct response to the stated needs of the industry and of talented emerging artists.
Music
Music from Munster Technological University will include opportunities to participate in masterclasses with international artists as well as workshops with professionals operating in the international cultural sector.

Studio Art
Studio Art programme at University of Galway is designed to educate artists to a level appropriate to professional practice or progression to doctoral studies.

Creative Musicianship (Part-time)
The Creative Musicianship (Part-time) course from Ulster University is a flexible, practice-based course for musicians wishing to develop or refresh their professional expertise for work in the creative industries.