This state-recognised Master of Arts in Photography (taught in English) gives you the chance to deepen your photographic knowledge by exploring how photographic practice intersects with broader creative methods, theoretical frameworks, and philosophical inquiry. The course places equal weight on making and thinking—encouraging students to interrogate the ideas that inform image-making as much as the images themselves.
Teaching examines photographic work within cultural, social and historical contexts, and encourages students to challenge established ways of seeing through radical perspectives. You will be supported in developing a rigorous, critical eye—both for your own concepts and imagery and for the work of others—so you can refine distinctive approaches and build an individual visual language.
The programme also investigates media and the roles it plays in contemporary practice, while offering enough flexibility for students to find the right platform to develop their personal photographic orientation and artistic practice. This structure is designed to help each student shape a focused, practice-led pathway that reflects their creative aims.
This four-semester MA programme combines studio practice, research methods and critical theory to develop photographers who work across image-making, object design and spatial interventions. The curriculum begins with an intensive orientation to the medium through progressively structured Photography Labs and Core/Integrated Practice courses, moves into processes that treat the photograph as object (print and book), then shifts toward expanded, spatial and interdisciplinary approaches before concluding with a Master's colloquium and thesis. Across the course you engage in site-specific learning, excursions and history/theory modules that continually anchor studio work in broader cultural and media debates.
During semesters one and two the emphasis is on technical mastery, personal development and contextual analysis. Core modules include Photography Lab I–III and Core Integrated Practice I–III alongside Methods of Image Analysis, Images in Context and a Core Project. The second semester foregrounds the image as medium and object with modules such as Printed Matter, Photo Book and Photographic Print, paired with Advanced Integrated Practice I–III, Foundations of Media Theory and Advanced Research Methodologies. Students complete an Advanced Project (Print) and study contemporary issues in photography, reinforced by an organised excursion.
The third semester expands photographic practice into spatial and interdisciplinary fields: Spatial Practice, Expanded Photography and Spatial Intervention are taught alongside Expanded Integrated Practice I–III, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Media and Contemporary Media Theory. This term culminates in an Expanded Project (Space – Manifesto) and critical theory seminars such as Critical Perspectives on Photography and Back to the Future. The fourth semester is devoted to the Master’s Colloquium and the writing/realisation of the Master’s Thesis, which together form the programme’s final research and practice-based assessment.
Core modules & learning outcomes
This MA in Photography looks for applicants with an undergraduate degree and a demonstrable creative practice. A concise, well-presented portfolio is especially important — it should showcase your photographic/visual work and artistic development. You will also need to supply standard identification and academic documents as part of your application.
Prepare your supporting materials carefully: write a clear motivation letter that explains your artistic aims and why you want to study the program, and have a current CV summarizing your education and any relevant experience. If your documents are not in English (or the university’s required language), be ready to provide certified translations and clear scans of identification for international admission procedures.
Winter Semester (International)
15 August 2026
Summer Semester (International)
1 February 2027
Winter Semester (EU/EEA)
1 October 2026
Summer Semester (EU/EEA)
1 April 2026
Graduates leave with an advanced professional portfolio and critical toolkit suitable for careers as fine-art photographers, image-makers working in galleries and museums, picture editors, photobook and publishing specialists, curators and creative directors within cultural organisations or commercial studios. The programme's emphasis on critical research and methodologies also supports applicants wishing to pursue further academic study or research-oriented roles.
Alumni can work as freelancers or within creative teams across publishing, advertising, editorial, exhibitions and public art projects; site-specific and expanded practice modules prepare graduates for roles that engage with spatial design, installation and interdisciplinary collaborations.