National College of Art and Design BA (Hons) Visual Culture
National College of Art and Design

National College of Art and Design

BA (Hons) Visual Culture

Thomas Street, Ireland

BA

3 up to

4 years

English

Full time, Part time

Sep 2026

EUR 6,600 *

On-Campus

* €13,500 non-EU/international fee

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Key Summary

    About : The BA (Hons) Visual Culture explores the role of visual images in contemporary society. The program covers areas such as art history, media theory, and cultural studies. You'll engage with diverse visual media and analyze their impact on culture and society. This course typically lasts three years and offers a unique combination of practical and theoretical knowledge to enhance your understanding of visual communication.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various career paths, including roles in curatorial practice, art direction, marketing, and media analysis. Opportunities also exist in education, cultural management, and more, allowing you to apply your skills in a range of creative industries.

Are you fascinated by the spectrum of human creativity: art, design, architecture, film, fashion, new media and digital culture? Are you interested in the history and theory of the objects, processes and cultural institutions that comprise our contemporary world? The BA in Visual Culture offers a unique opportunity to study the history, theory, and analysis of art, design, architecture, fashion, and screen culture in a leading art and design college setting. The programme is suitable for anyone with a broad interest in history, culture and society. Our Thomas Street campus, located in the heart of Dublin’s Liberties, is a busy hub of studios and workshops, enabling Visual Culture students to study alongside Ireland’s future artists, designers and makers.

You will be educated to become visually literate, expressive and articulate. On graduation, you will have gained a broad range of critical and research skills associated with an arts degree. Our graduates work in arts and heritage management, in exhibition curation and education, in festivals and events organisation, and the media.