Digitalisation has profoundly changed the way we create and interact with images and has posed a variety of technical, philosophic, organisational, practice related and other challenges that constantly impinge on users and producers of culture. Through the convergence of technologies, the employment of the digital medium as tool for creative expression and communication has given rise to new paradigms within the fine arts, video, film, performance, games, design and online art fields. This phenomenon has also greatly changed the way we communicate individually and socially as well as affected heritage and cultural institutions, challenging their role in today’s society. Digitalisation has also enabled the emergence of new forms of authorship, thus broadening the concept of art and literature. Within such an active and organic scenario, the MA in Digital Arts provides students with the opportunity of selecting a rich and relatively novel research area and provides a framework within which students are prepared for further academic research as well as integration into the various industries requiring digital creativity.

The Course shall be open to applicants in possession of one of the following qualifications: (1) (a) a Bachelor’s degree with Honours obtained with Second Class or better in the same area or in a closely related area of study as the area of study applied for, or (b) the degree of Bachelor in the same area or in a closely related area of study as that applied for, with an average mark of not less than 65% in that area of study, or similar qualifications deemed by the Board relevant to that chosen for the Course, or (c) a degree from this or another university, which the Board considers as comparable to any of the degrees indicated in paragraphs (a) and (b). (2) The Board may also consider applicants in possession of degrees or qualifications other than those referred to above if they also present a portfolio of work confirmed to have been carried out by them and which is related to the area of study applied for to the satisfaction of the Board. Applicants shall indicate the provisional title for the dissertation on their application for admission. The application shall include a research proposal as well as a statement by the head of department concerned that applicants possess the training, knowledge and capabilities required for the proposed line of study and research. Please see the full list of requirements on the website.