Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Master Performing Public Space
Tilburg, Netherlands
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Apr 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
31 Aug 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,601 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended
* statutory tuition fees Full-time| statutory tuition fees Part-time- € 2.395 | institutional tuition fee: € 8.570
Key Summary
Performing Public Space (PPS) is committed to understanding how cultural developments can produce meaningful change within our shared spaces, based on the idea that public space exists only when it is socially performed. In a time where political and social structures are reconsidered heavily, PPS offers a flexible and innovative environment to artistically question, redefine, and reclaim public space in its broadest sense. Combining an interdisciplinary range of approaches and subjects, with an equally diverse range of research methods, PPS creates the opportunity for artists to explore their practice and its potential in public space. Creatives with a background in theatre, dance, circus, music, fine arts, architecture, digital arts, and graphic design are welcome to join this program.
Why this study
- International art and research community.
- Individual coaching and collective experimentation.
- Work in an interdisciplinary setting.
- Strengthen critical and artistic positioning.
- 24/7 access to the online learning platform.
Curriculum outline
PPS is a one-year, online programme (60 ECTS), including three times an on-site intensive. During these intensives, you will have in-the-field training for two weeks. The main objective of this programme is to support the development and production of your current work in progress, dealing with public space at large.
What will you learn
The primary goal of the programme is to enable students to adopt an independent and critical reflective attitude while inventively switching between different roles in the organizational process of their artistic research. This Master offers its students the necessary tools to perform critically and effectively as artists and researchers, able to navigate complex modes and methods surrounding the contemporary artistic process and result.
- You acquire the skills needed to conduct artistic research.
- You develop well-grounded artistic strategies.
- You gain a stronger awareness of and position in the sociopolitical context.
The NL scholarship provides a partial scholarship for the first year of your studies at our University and is financed by Fontys University of Applied Sciences and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
Scholarship
The scholarship amounts to € 5,000. You will receive this in the first year of your studies.
Some of the Fontys' programmes offer the NL Scholarship for non-EEA students. Visit the website to see which programmes offer this scholarship. You might also be eligible for other scholarships not provided by Fontys.