Photography (MFA) eLearning
Ulster University
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MFA - Master of Fine Art

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Belfast Campus

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Online

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Start date

SEP-25

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Duration

2 years

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MFA - Master of Fine Art

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Belfast Campus

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SEP-25

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This innovative online masters uses collaborative technology to make our award winning MFA accessible for photographers working outside of Ireland. The course brings together practicing photographers from Europe, North America and Asia to develop new approaches to contemporary photographic practice. Online seminars and critiques are complemented by annual master classes on three continents.Profiled by the British Journal of Photography as one of the most significant photography schools in ...Read more

This innovative online master's uses collaborative technology to make our award winning MFA accessible for photographers working outside of Ireland. The course brings together practicing photographers from Europe, North America and Asia to develop new approaches to contemporary photographic practice. Online seminars and critiques are complemented by annual master classes on three continents.

Profiled by the British Journal of Photography as one of the most significant photography schools in Europe. Our graduates work internationally between the book, gallery, web and magazine, continually challenging photography’s place within contemporary society and the way we photograph now.

The teaching team consists of practising photographers, artists and theorists who exhibit and publish internationally. These include a member of the prestigious Magnum photo agency, Martin Parr and Northern Irish artists Professor Donovan Wylie, Wilie Doherty, Paul Seawright and Dr KayLynn Deveney, Ken Grant, Clare Gallagher, Ailbhe Greaney and Haley Morris-Cafiero. The course is complemented by international guest lectures by leading photographers, historians, curators and writers. Close links with photographic galleries and photography festivals helps students to build networks and professional practice.

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CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
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42nd

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Entry requirements

Applicants must hold: i) a second class honours degree or higher from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council for National Academic Awards, the National Council for Educational Awards, the Higher Education Training Awards Council, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or ii) an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification.

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Domestic

£6,720 per year

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Students from Domestic

This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Students will need to pay 40.83 per credit. The mentioned fee is 2024/25 entry, there may be slight increase in 2025/26 entry.

£8,905 per year

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Students from EU

The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.

Students will need to pay 98.94 per credit.

£8,905 per year

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Students from International

The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.

Students will need to pay 98.94 per credit.

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Uni info

Ulster University
York Street Belfast Antrim BT15 1ED United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Great Victoria Street  0.4 miles away
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