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postgraduate

Degree

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art (Course-Based)

postgraduate

Degree

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art (Course-Based)

Quick facts

  • Annual tuition (2022)

    $9,500 CAD

  • Application fee

    $168 CAD

  • Duration

    2 years

  • PGWP

    2-3 years

  • Min GPA

    76 out of 100

Highlights
Project

These are mandatory and all come with course.

Deadlines

Term start& deadline Deadline
Fall-September 05-January-2023 2023-01-05
Fall-September 05-January-2024 2024-01-05

Overview

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art

The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Visual Art at the University of British Columbia (UBC) provides an opportunity for intensive conceptual, material, and technical development for those students wishing to pursue a professional career in advanced contemporary art. 

The MFA degree is the standard qualifying degree for teaching visual arts at the post-secondary level. 

Students take additional academic coursework to enrich their particular focus and present their Major Paper research and artwork to peers, faculty, and the public at their final oral presentation (occurring in the summer of their final year) and at a final critique (occurring during their graduation exhibition)

Students in the program may work in any area of contemporary art production, including painting, drawing, printmaking, three-dimensional and installation work, photography, digital art, multimedia, video, performance, or in any interdisciplinary form. 

The MFA Program requires two academic years of coursework, with the completion of requirements occurring in no less than two calendar years and no more than five calendar years after initial registration in the program. 

The MFA Program can only be pursued on a full-time basis. 

Estimate your cost

Residency
Count of person

$19,795

Total costs

yearly

Details


Cost of living 1 person $7,800
Accommodation 1 bed room $10,295
Tuition 1 person $9,500

Hourly wage

Min wage

16.75 CAD / 1 hour

in Canada every student can work 20 hour per week

Required documents

  • Academic/Official Transcripts
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
  • Passport or Visa Documents
  • Resume/Curriculum vitae (CV)
  • Statement Of Intent
  • Letters Of Reference

Language requirements

GRE
not required
GMAT
not required

IELTS

7
6.5
listening
6.5
writing
6.5
speaking
6.5
reading

TOEFL

100
22
listening
21
writing
21
speaking
22
reading

PTE

-
listening
-
writing
-
speaking
-
reading

Cambridge

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listening
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writing
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speaking
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Language pathway (conditional offer) is available

The Faculty of Graduate Studies may extend a conditional offer of admission to a highly-qualified graduate applicant who does not quite meet the minimum English language proficiency requirement set by the graduate program to which the student has applied.

The student will proceed directly into the graduate degree program after successfully completing the prescribed terms of study in the ELI Intensive Academic English Program (or pre-approved, equivalent alternative).

To be eligible for the Condition Admission Program (CAP), the applicant must:

  • Possess a "first-class average" (or established equivalent) in a degree deemed as an eligible basis for admission, OR have academic qualifications that would have ranked them in the top 33% of students admitted to the graduate program to which they are applying, for the year before the date of their application;
  • have English language proficiency, demonstrated via an accepted test, that can reasonably be expected to be brought up to the standard required by the graduate program to which the student has applied by completing ELI (or accepted equivalent) training in no more than a year; and
  • be recommended for the CAP by a UBC graduate program.

Academic background and requirement

  • Applicants to the MFA in visual art normally hold a BFA, BA, or BEd degree with a major in studio arts.
  • A minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC)

 

 

China:

  • The Bachelor's degree of at least four years of study
  • Overall average of B+ standing.

 

India:

  • A four-year Bachelor's Degree or a Master's degree
  • First Class/Division 1 (65%) or Very Good (8 on a 10-point scale)

 

Iran:

  • The Bachelor’s degree of at least four years of study
  • 16 on a 20-point scale

Career opportunities

  • Architect
  • Art Consultant
  • Art Editor
  • Cinematographer
  • Art critic
  • Art gallery Manager
  • Commercial Photographer

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