UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Master in Fine Arts
Tromsø, Norway
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Mar 2027*
EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2027
TUITION FEES
NOK 150,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UE Students: 1° March 2027| Extra-UE / SEE students: 15 November 2026
** Tuition fees are for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland applicants. Applicants from EU/EEA and Switzerland do not have to pay tuition.
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Key Summary
About: The Master of Fine Art at UiT The Arctic University of Norway is a two-year programme that develops students as independent, professional artists. It emphasizes self-critical reflection and the development and intensification of students' own artistic projects. Works of art, exhibitions and other artistic expressions form the programme core and prepare contributors to contemporary art and related areas of society.
Career Outcomes: Career opportunities include independent and exhibiting artist, visual artist, curator, arts educator, cultural producer, arts administrator, community arts practitioner, freelancer, and roles in galleries, museums, public art and cultural organisations, in the creative and cultural sectors worldwide.
Master of Fine Art is a two-year programme that aims to give the students the knowledge required to become independent artists. The focus of the study is on self-critical reflection, as well as development, and intensification of the student's own artistic projects. The programme also aims to enable students to become active contributors within contemporary art and related areas of society, both locally, nationally and internationally.
Program description
- Duration: 2 years
- Credits (ECTS): 120
- Degree Name: Master of Fine Art
- Admission capacity: 6 places
The purpose of the study programme, Master of Fine Art is to develop the student's ability to work as a professional artist. The programme aims to reflect the contemporary conceptions of what it means to work as a professional artist and thereby offer students the opportunity to develop their individual ambitions to work professionally in the field of fine arts. As the main objective is to educate artists, the creation of works of art, exhibitions and other artistic expressions constitutes the most important aspects in the programme of study. The programme also provides a foundation for other professional roles in and relating to the field of art.
Program structure
Teaching and assessment
The teaching will provide the students with tools that enable them to acquaint themselves in the international art field, and to reflect on and competently discuss artistic work, produced by themselves or others, both textually and orally.
Teaching and learning activities:
- Specialisation in artistic methods and techniques
- Tuition in relevant art history, theory and professional ethics
- Introductory tuition on prerequisites for a professional art practice
- Specialisation in one’s own form, style or genre of art production
- Supervised writing on contextualization and reflection related to one’s own artistic practice
- Planning and executing both a group exhibition and a solo exhibition
- Participation in graduation project with work of art, as well as contributing to a publication connected to the show
- Study trips
Students will be evaluated through coursework requirements and examinations. Attendance requirements and assignments must be met and approved in order to qualify for examination. For detailed descriptions of requirements, see individual course descriptions.
Exchange
Students may apply for exchange in the second semester (30 ECTS). The first semester must be passed before an international exchange semester can be commenced. Destinations for studies abroad include Italy, Latvia, Iceland, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Lithuania.
Learning outcomes
After passing the programme, the candidate has the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
- In-depth knowledge of artistic methods and techniques
- Detailed knowledge of relevant art history, theory and professional ethics
- Thorough knowledge of presentation and documentation, and the ability to reflect on and place artistic works in context, produced by oneself or by others
- Knowledge of the planning and execution of a solo exhibition, a group exhibition and text production
- In-depth knowledge of the prerequisites for artistic practice from a societal perspective
Skills
- Ability to present, contextualize and reflect on artistic works produced by oneself or by others, both in written and oral form
- Ability to plan and implement artistic projects in different display formats and contexts
General competence
- Practical and theoretical understanding of artistic work at a high professional level
- Understanding of various ethical issues related to artistic work
- Ability to analyse relevant professional and research ethical issues and to apply them in artistic work at a high professional level
- Ability to innovate in both artistic production and in methods of communication