MA Fine Arts
In the Master's Major in Fine Arts, you deepen your artistic practice. Here you can find your audience and have an opportunity to develop your practical and theoretical knowledge, consolidate your artistic research, while exploring different contexts of contemporary art at the same time.
Course commencement
Autumn semester
Application deadline
24 February 2026
Standard period of study
4 semesters
Coursework Major / MA
90 / 120 ECTS credits
Teaching language
English
Tuition fee per semester CH / non CH
CHF 720 / CHF 1220
Studium
Major-Minor Programme Model
With the major, students choose their core subject area. In addition, you can choose either one or two minors to further develop the competencies from your chosen major or to expand them across disciplines. The minors in Fine Arts available to you at Master’s level are “Art, Work and Labour”, “Art in Context”, “Curatorial Practice” and “Art Production and Handling”. Below, you will find a list of all minors that can be taken jointly.
Possible minors for this major
Faculty
Director
Faculty
Guest lecturers
Among others, the following guests were active in the MA Fine Arts from 2018 to 2024:
Mitchell Anderson, Gianmaria Andreetta, Eric Baudelaire, Maximiliane Baumgartner, Sabian Baumann, Mathieu Copeland, Maria Eichhorn, Ann-Kathrin Eickhoff, Philipp Ekardt, Gabriele Garavaglia, Sören Grammel, Beatrice Gibson, Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Jörg Heiser, Shen He, Stefanie Hessler, Adelita Husni-Bey, Gianni Jetzer, Morag Keil, Kapwani Kiwanga, Elise Lammer, Elisa R. Linn, Lorenza Longhi, Jonas Lund, Juan Barcia Mas, Christian Philipp Müller, Ima-Abasi Okon, Paulina Olowska, Doireann O’Malley, Ceylan Öztrük, Phung-Tien Phan, PRICE, Charlie Prodger, Tabita Rezaire, Carissa Rodriguez, Rory Rowan, Julia Scher, Shirana Shahbazi, Richard Sides, Anne Speier, Annika Ström, Gili Tal, Ilaria Vinci.
Assistants and research associates
