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Student Guide

Master's Programme in Art and Media

This site contains the student study guide for Master's Programme in Art and Media. Here you will find the programme curriculum as well as detailed guidelines for planning your studies. All the materials and instructions are for the students in all the majors of] the programme. If you are interested in applying to the programme, follow the link on the bottom of the site to the application page.

Master's Programme in Art and Media is organized by the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

News

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Aalto University Excellence Scholarship Ceremony welcomed new Aalto University students with scholarships on Tuesday, October 21st

Aalto University welcomed its new batch of international students with scholarships at a ceremony held at the Aalto Design Factory Stage.
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Eduardo Hernández Villalobos osallistui ensimmäistä kertaa Aalto-yliopiston mentorointiohjelmaan.
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Mentor Eduardo Hernández Villalobos: I learned from challenges faced by young designers

Aalto Mentoring Programme offered a chance for meaningful engagement and community building for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture graduate.
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Practice your languages with the Unite! Language Tandems

Learn languages with another student from one of the nine Unite! alliance universities.

Events

Invitation to 'OPEN DOOORS' event from 13:00 to 15:00, with coffee, tea, snacks, and good company.
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Booster Open Doors (Period II)

Join "Booster Open Doors" Wednesdays 13:00-15:00 for advice on grants & projects. Enjoy coffee, snacks, and good company!
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Students

Theses & Tomatoes: Start your studies with Pomodoro

Join us for guided studying and pick up tips for more effective work during Pomodoro sessions!
Invitation to 'OPEN DOOORS' event from 13:00 to 15:00, with coffee, tea, snacks, and good company.
Networking, Students

Booster Open Doors (Period II)

Join "Booster Open Doors" Wednesdays 13:00-15:00 for advice on grants & projects. Enjoy coffee, snacks, and good company!
Talent Expon logo, vuosiluku 2025.
Fairs, Students

Aalto Talent Expo 2025

Aalto University's largest recruitment event Talent Expo will be organized in Dipoli (Otaniemi) on November 6th, 2025! Come and meet the employers at the recruitment fair and attend also the virtual fair activities during the fair week.

How to apply

Kuvataidekasvatus, taiteen maisteri

Opinnot kuvataidekasvatuksen pääaineessa tarjoavat sinulle mahdollisuuden syventyä taiteelliseen ajatteluun suhteessa yhteiskunnan ja ympäristönmuutoksiin sekä niihin vaikuttamiseen taidepedagogisen toiminnan keinoin. Opiskelijana sinulta edellytetään taiteellisten perusvalmiuksien lisäksi uteliaisuutta kuvataiteen ja visuaalisen kulttuurin moninaisia ilmiöitä sekä pedagogisia kysymyksiä kohtaan, kriittistä ajattelua sekä avoimuutta uusille näkökulmille. Kuvataiteen aineenopettajan kelpoisuuden lisäksi opinnot tarjoavat sinulle mahdollisuuden monipuoliseen ammatilliseen verkostoitumiseen sekä kotimaassa että kansainvälisesti.

Avoin kämmen, jossa on useita pieniä, vaaleanpunertavia kiviä ja hieman multaa sormessa.

Photography, Master of Arts (Art and Design)

A photograph has an all-piercing force in society and culture, impacting individuals, communities and nations alike. In our image-saturated world, the significance of a powerful photograph hasn’t been lost. If anything, artists and photographers with something to say are needed now, more than ever before.

Lada Suomenrinne: Iđitguovssu, 2021 (yksityiskohta teoksesta)

Sound in New Media, Master of Arts (Art and Design)

The aim of the Major in Sound in New Media is to explore, discover and comprehend the emerging digital technology and its aural impact in society; to find and exploit the possibilities it opens to acoustic communication, sonic interaction and new interfaces for musical expression and to evaluate, understand and deal with the challenges it poses to art, design, and creative production in the auditory domain.

Petteri Mäkiniemi and Ilpo Jauhiainen Musica Nova 2019 - Sound in New Media

New Media, Master of Arts (Art and Design)

In a technology-saturated world, it is indispensable to understand and study the impacts that technology has on individuals, organisations and society. The New Media major brings together a multicultural group of students with very versatile skills and backgrounds.

A person looking at a project work on a round table

Visual Communication Design, Master of Arts (Art and Design)

In the Visual Communication Design major you get to investigate contemporary modes of acting and thinking through visual communication.

Visual Communication Design

Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art, Master of Arts (Art and Design)

At VICCA, artists, curators and researchers aim to understand, challenge and shift the paradigms of contemporary art and the world around us.

The ViCCA prograne

Game Design and Development, Master of Arts (Art and Design)

A unique mix of artistic and technical aspects in game design and development, grounded in Nordic game dev culture and the latest research.

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Tuition fees

Tuition fee for tuition-fee students in this programme:

  • Study right started on or before 1 August 2024: 15,000 EUR / academic year
  • Study right started on or after 1 August 2025: 20,000 EUR / academic year

For more information, please see the Tuition fees and scholarships webpage in the Student Guide.

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