Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design

The two-year graduation track Ecology Futures focuses on how bioart and biodesign can create alternative futures. In which present-day ecological concerns are addressed.

This is a graduation track of the master of Arts in Fine Art & Design.

Ecology Futures states clearly what we stand for: not a singular future, but a plural one. Not an individual being disconnected from others, but rather an assemblage of many entities. Living, decaying, human, other-than-human, connections forming and re-forming as circumstances warrant. This alternative future needs education that draws from many domains.

That's why Ecology Futures is trans- and multi-disciplinary. You learn how to work with living materials in a laboratory, read theoretical and historical texts that support your practice and engage with life outside the classroom through hands-on fieldwork. Manipulating the analog and the digital to realize your projects.

Your time in Ecology Futures prepares you to address difficult problems, not only related to ecology but any domain that requires the input of multiple skillsets.

You will have access to the Material Incubator Lab of the Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design, and Technology (CARADT). This is a unique feature of our programme where you develop laboratory skills that support your practice-led artistic research.

During the two-year graduation track Health by Design you co-design with students from various disciplines in practice-led design research. And in art thinking projects in health and wellbeing.

This is a graduation track of the master of Arts in Fine Art & Design. The English-taught master programme will start per September 2026.

As a health designer, you'll develop intellectual and practical skills to achieve a transdisciplinary and co-design approach. Adding value to complex health and wellbeing challenges, and propelling your career in a rapidly evolving field.

As a society, we encounter increasing challenges in delivering accessible and honest 'holistic health for all' services. A global paradigm shift is underway, recognizing individuals beyond their illnesses. And emphasizing the crucial role of art and design in collaboratively shaping ethical innovations. During the graduation track you learn how to respond to the current challenges and opportunities and shape this new reality.

Engaging with people from art and design, technology, ethics, research, and healthcare backgrounds in an interdisciplinary environment enriches your practice. And allows you to build a unique support network of peers and professionals. Learn from cross-disciplinary experts, lead co-design processes, and immerse yourself in a practice-based design approach to conduct design research. Indi

The graduation track Situated Design recognizes you as a distinct presence in the world. You immerse in modern discourses and focus on prevailing conditions, situated knowledge and design practices.

This is a graduation track of the master of Arts in Fine Art & Design.

Your studies will take place within a diverse community of master's students from different backgrounds. You frequently collaborate with each other, across pathways and outside of the campus. This way you gain experience in a wide range of practices and establish a valuable network. Situated Design maintains strong connections with designers, publishers and institutions in the Netherlands and abroad.

During your study, you can use our dedicated master studio spaces in which we focus on improving your ability to engage with emerging technologies with critical reflection and mindfulness. Our outstanding workshop and technical facilities provide courses ranging from print, wood ceramics and metal, to immersive and iterative storytelling and interactive media.

The graduation track Situated Design is distinguished by the quality of its teaching, research and practice. Our motivated team, strengthened by professors of expertise centre Caradt, is committed to supporting ambitious and diverse creative research practices and approaches.