Overview

About the Master's Degree in Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Offered through two delivery platforms — as a two-year full-residency program, or a three-year low-residency model — the MFA provides a rigorous and innovative approach to contemporary art production, supporting students who are interested in a single field of specialization, or intent on a more interdisciplinary practice.
Through a predominantly critique-based environment, with emphasis on public engagement and exhibition, you will be encouraged to take risks, to challenge, and to grow your established material processes and critical perspectives. A host of technological resources, integrated studios, labs and workshops are available to facilitate this by encouraging material exploration and play.
Graduate students work closely with a diverse range of faculty affiliated with Emily Carr University. Our approach to critical making actively integrates praxis with research, and is intended to expand theoretical and experimental frameworks. A series of lectures and studio visits from renowned visiting artists and curators inform and supplement your practice, and deepen your professional development.
Throughout the degree, you will participate in courses in research, theory and studio practice, and develop a significant creative research or thesis project. Topics of inquiry are wide-reaching and generative and emerge from creative practice. Recent projects have responded to contemporary issues regarding the land, sustainability and social innovation, processes of decolonization, new materials and technologies, and perceptual processes.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Studio

Seminar in Research

Graduate Interdisciplinary Forum

Seminar in Dialogues and Interactions

Visual Arts Thesis Project

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-31 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Vancouver, Canada

Disciplines

Fine Arts View 8 other Masters in Fine Arts in Canada

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Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

7

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

If you are applying to the Master of Fine Arts degrees you must hold a recognized four-year Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Media Arts, or Bachelor of Architecture degree.
Applicants holding a Bachelor's degree in an unrelated field may apply. Applicants holding a three-year bachelor's degree may apply if it is equivalent to a four-year Canadian degree
Your minimum grade point average must be 3.0 (B) or higher from an accredited university or institute.

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Tuition Fee

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International

23846 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 23846 CAD per year during 24 months.
National

19112 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 19112 CAD per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Vancouver

1590 - 2686 CAD /month

Living costs

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Funding

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Scholarships Information

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