44 Master's degrees in Arts, Design & Architecture in Finland

The Contemporary Design Programme from Aalto University supports students to discover and advance their individual creative processes and in linking them to the problem-solving processes and methods of others. Students are working in a multifaceted learning environment that provides support for creativity, as well as critical and analytical thinking.

The Photography degree programme from Aalto University offers diverse and inspiring studies in the fields of contemporary photography, documentary photography and artistic research.

The Collaborative and Industrial Design programme from Aalto University focuses on the role of design in society, and prepares you to work as a design entrepreneur and in a range of roles within industry, business, communities, education and the government. 

Would you like to explore the exciting opportunities new digital technology opens to communication, interaction and expression – and find a career where you can utilise your creativity? New Media Design and Production is a major subject within the Master’s Programme in New Media - New Media Design and Production from Aalto University, focusing on art and design in interactive media. 

The Creative Sustainability programme from Aalto University draws together leading expertise from the School of Business, the School of Arts, Design and Architecture and the School of Chemical Engineering to form a multidisciplinary learning environment that attracts top talent. 

International Design Business Management - Economics and Business Administration from Aalto University is a pioneering and renowned study programme that truly embodies the vision of Aalto by integrating design and technology with global business development. 

The goal of the in Film and Television - Film and Television Producing programme from Aalto University is to deepen the student’s skills in his/her chosen direction – towards independent audiovisual entrepreneurship, a research or development project in the film producing field, a deeper understanding of artistic leadership or equivalent advanced competence planned together with the student.

Making smarter and more liveable cities requires new skills that integrate land use and transportation. The Master's Programme in Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering from Aalto University offers the skills you need to design and develop urban and regional systems.

The Interior Architecture programme from Aalto University educates interior architects with a distinct design personality. It comprises studies on spatial design and furniture design. Concrete design assignments form a major part of education. 

The Visual Communication Design programme from Aalto University is an international learning community committed to investigating new modes of action within visual communication. As a critical response to the contemporary conditions, the studies enable you to reconsider the established notions of graphic design. 

Study a two-year design-oriented master's degree in Architecture at the University of Oulu, the northernmost architecture school in the world to get a professional architect degree valid across Europe.

This Sustainable Architecture MSc programme from Tampere University covers several other UN's Sustainable Development Goals, which you will study through theory, lectures and readings, and explore in your coursework.

Create the soundtracks for the hit films of tomorrow - the Film and Television - Film Sound Design programme from Aalto University will equip you with the skills and theory you need as a professional sound designer and sound engineer in all areas of film production. You'll learn how to think about sound in terms of dramatic composition and to understand sound and space. 

In Master’s Programme in Film and Television - Cinematography from Aalto University, the student deepens his/her vocational competence to achieve a greater mastery of the overall artistic, production and technical entity of his/her professional area in various film, TV and advertising productions.

Master’s program in Film and Television - Film Directing from Aalto University in Elo Film school Finland strengthens the student’s capacity to generate and develop cinematic ideas, storybuilding and narration skills in addition to developing the director’s personal cinematic style and directorial identity.

The Film and Television - Documentary Film from Aalto University aims to train visionary documentary film directors, creative professionals who are creating the future of documentary filmmaking. Here you can deepen your powers of observation and expression while developing your own style as a director. Courses in film analysis, history and modern-form docuementary round out the MA studies.

Would you like to work on the future of urban environments? The Aalto University - University of Helsinki joint Urban Studies and Planning - Architecture programme will enable you to understand and address complex urban development challenges. 

The Erasmus Mundus - Redesigning the Post-Industrial City programme at University of Oulu provides high quality academic education and professional competencies for excellent students, who are eager to specialise in subdisciplines of Urban Studies.

Scholarships Available/ The interdisciplinary Human Computer Interaction and Design (HCID) programme from EIT Digital Master School is unique in that it takes a user-centred design approach to learning. 

The aim of the Film and Television - Film Editing degree from Aalto University is to develop the student into an expert of viewing and seeing, a storyteller and an artist.The Major in Film Editing, part of the Master’s Programme in Film and Television, is a continuation of the bachelor’s studies in film editing.