Master of Fine Arts in Design at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
The Master of Fine Arts in Design course at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar teaches students multidisciplinary design knowledge in a studio equipped with a material library.
School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
Course: Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Design
Location: Doha, Qatar
Course dates: 15 September 2024 (two year programme)
Application deadline: 15 January 2025
The MFA in Design programme is interdisciplinary as designers are increasingly facing complex problems that defy easy categorisation.
Nowadays, designers have to navigate between and blend disciplines, maximising resources and working adaptively to create new environments, visuals, messaging and artefacts.
Our full-time, two-year graduate programme trains students to understand clients, collaborators and design challenges in original and authentic ways.
Our programme’s strength lies in its ability to support each student’s unique interests, providing a custom education, tailored to each individual.
Why study MFA in Design?
Creative, motivated students. The MFA programme has high expectations, pushing each student to confront the complex practice of meaningful design. We empower each student to develop a unique research focus and body of work.
Strategic approaches to applied design research. In the programme we nurture a practice-based approach, using a variety of tools, materials and fabrication methods in pursuit of thoughtful, authentic outcomes.
Learning through hybridised making. The programme combines aspects of fine art studio practice, digital craft, architecture and graphic, fashion and product design, thereby providing a hybridised education.
Our students can train in a fully-equipped fabrication lab with 3D printers, laser cutters and vinyl cutters, a vacuum-forming machine, computer numerical control routers, a wood shop and a unique materials library, which is stocked with traditional and cutting-edge materials – the only facility of its kind in the Gulf region.
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Top image: artwork by artist Sara Al-Afifi, MFA '24, photo by Raviv Cohen
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