New Media - Art and Media, Master of Arts (Art and Design)

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, focusing on art and design in interactive media. The education is project-oriented, combining practice with theory. You can focus on dynamic visualisation, art & culture, interaction design and interactive & generative storytelling.

The programme is fully taught in English, and your master’s thesis can be written in Finnish, Swedish or English.

Learning outcomes

Graduates from the programme have:

• the ability to understand the complex demands of New Media and the skills for creative collaboration, concept development, design and realisation
• a broad understanding across disciplines, in addition to a deepened knowledge into one's own special expertise
• the capability to critically analyse and develop established design traditions
• the ability to extend their professional competence
• a good foundation to continue external or doctoral studies

Career opportunities

The students have an excellent basis for an international career. Their future professional profiles relate to the various fields of new media design and research, including interface design, interaction design, information design, interactive storytelling, new media production, media art & design, software design and digital animation.

Maisteriohjelmassa korostuu sekä monialaisuus ja yhteistyö että henkilökohtaisten taitojen kehitys. Opiskelijat oppivat ymmärtämään uusmedian monimutkaisia edellytyksiä sekä kehittävät taitojaan luovan yhteistyön, konseptisuunnittelun, muotoilun ja toteuksen alalla.