Areas of Competence
- The Postgraduate Program in Curating offers three study opportunities:
The hybrid modules give you insight into the programme and allows you to inquire into a specific field of curatorial practice. - The postgraduate certificate (CAS) is a one-year, part-time course providing participants with key qualifications in all areas of curatorial practice: research, conception, organization and communication as well as basic theoretical knowledge.
- The Master in Curating (MA) is a two-year study programme culminating in an advanced qualification. It guides participants in an in-depth enquiry into the key areas of curatorial practice and relevant theory. Students have the opportunity to develop and situate their own curatorial projects and access cultural networks. The Program concludes with a major project and written dissertation.
The MA degree in curating can be attained through the development of a dissertation project rather than a curatorial project. We accompany the development of a dissertation project as far as the exposé (subject and relevance, hypothesis, state of research, methods, outline) and even the writing of the first chapters. If you are planning to write a dissertation on issues of exhibition production, mediation or a related topic of contemporary design and art and their connections with society, please contact the director of the study program. The counselling is carried out by the director of the MA program (Prof Dr Richter) who is also a professor and head of the PhD in practice in Curating programme at the University of Reading.
Target Group
The program is designed for persons working in art, culture and the media, graduates of art academies and universities of applied sciences in the disciplines of art, architecture, interior architecture, photography, interior decoration, installation, design, theatre, scenography, and music, as well as university graduates in the fields of art history, cultural studies, literary studies.
The programme is also suitable for candidates who have acquired certain curatorial skills through practical experience.
Admissions Requirements (especially for the MA in Curating)
a) University degree from a university of applied sciences, general university, the humanities, an Institute of Technology or a professional school
b) or a comparable degree and corresponding professional experience
c) and determination of aptitude by the programme director