100 Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in Ireland

Irish Traditional Music
This Irish Traditional Music degree delivered by the University College Cork provides a holistic practical and theoretical immersion in Irish Traditional Music practice and scholarship. The programme draws on wide-ranging internationally-recognised expertise to offer a progressively flexible postgraduate pathway in Irish Traditional Music.
Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media
Dive into the heart of cinematic creativity with American College Dublin's Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media MFA program. Here, at one of Ireland's premier educational institutions, aspiring composers and music producers converge to sculpt the soundscapes of tomorrow's films and media.

Sound and Music Computing
The Sound and Music Computing programme from Maynooth University caters for students who want to concentrate on technical aspects of the music and creative industries.
Writing for Stage and Screen
The Writing for Stage and Screen MA at University College Dublin offers you the opportunity to devote a considerable amount of time to write, evolve and reflect on your own creative practices.
Smart and Sustainable Cities
The Smart and Sustainable Cities programme of Trinity College Dublin approaches the study of smart and sustainable urbanism by drawing from the research-based expertise of leading scholars from Trinity’s Energy, Environment and Emerging Technologies Institute.

Music
This Music course offered at University College Cork is ideal, and unique in Ireland, for graduates in non-music subjects who want to qualify in music to degree level and beyond. Success in this course may be said to be the equivalent of acquiring a degree in music.

Music Performance - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year Music Performance - Pre-Master's Programme from OnCampus Ireland at Royal Irish Academy of Music offers successful students guaranteed progression* to a range of partner universities.
Archives and Records Management
The MA Archives and Records Management at University College Dublin is an exciting degree which qualifies students to care for and provide access to the historic and future memory contained in a range of records, from medieval manuscripts to born digital material.
Art and Process
The Master of Arts in Art and Process at Munster Technological University is a dynamic programme designed for those wishing to deepen their artistic practice. This full-time course spans 1.5 years, comprising three semesters, and offers a unique blend of theoretical and practical learning experiences tailored for aspiring artists.

Design and Development of Digital Business
The Design and Development of Digital Business course delivered by the University College Cork is a 12-month (full-time) taught master’s degree course. This intensive and innovative course is aimed at creatively minded honours graduates from non-technical backgrounds.

Songwriting
The Songwriting programme from University of Limerick is for people who want to study the artistic practice of songwriting in depth.
Regional and Urban Planning
The Master of Regional and Urban Planning programme at University College Dublin develops the requisite conceptual knowledge and practical skills required by planners in this increasingly complex environment.
Architecture, Urbanism and Climate Action
The MSc programme in Architecture, Urbanism and Climate Action from University College Dublin equips graduates and returning professionals with specialist skills to respond to the challenge of planning, designing, and actioning a sustainable built environment.

Theatre and Performative Practices
The Theatre and Performative Practices course offered at University College Cork is ideal for those who have acquired theatre-related skills in previous years, for example in a youth or community theatre setting, and now wish to build on that experience and advance it to professional levels with the potential for a career in the professional theatre.

Composition and Creative Music Practice
This Composition and Creative Music Practice course from the University of Limerick is a unique one-year full-time or two-year part-time programme for composers, sound artists, improvisers and performers from all music traditions.

Design and Innovation
This Design and Innovation programme at the Atlantic Technological University is designed to develop key skills in innovation, design, management and leadership.
Digital Arts and Intermedia Practices
Digital Arts and Intermedia Practices is offered by Trinity College Dublin. In the new M.Phil. in Digital Arts and Intermedia Practices, students critically engage with emergent digital technologies and infrastructures through artistic research and practice.
Urban and Building Conservation
The twenty-five years of the existence of the Urban and Building Conservation programme at the University College Dublin have seen a growing awareness of the cultural, social and economic importance of conserving the built heritage of buildings and urban areas.

Irish Traditional Music Performance
The Irish Traditional Music Performance course from the University of Limerick develop as an advanced professional traditional music performer or pursue opportunities in music production, education and the arts
Art History, Collections and Curating
The MA in Art History, Collections and Curating at University College Dublin offers advanced postgraduate academic training in the history of art, with a special focus on collections and curatorial practice.