University of Art and Design, Helsinki
Western Europe - Finland - Helsinki
| Address: |
Study Affairs, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Hameentie 135 C Helsinki, FIN-00560 Finland |
| E-mail: | pekka.uusivuori@uiah.fi |
| Phone: | +358-9-756-30508 |
| Degree: | Bachelors |
| Setting: | Urban |
| Enrollment: | <1000 |
| Financial aid: | no |
| Housing: | No |
Description
The University of Art and Design Helsinki gives education and pursues research in the fields of design, motion picture, audiovisual communication, art education and arts. There are five schools and seventeen fields of education and research. The University is the largest art school in Scandinavia: there are nearly 1700 students, 14% of which come from abroad, and 400 teachers. Furthermore, 1700 students participate in extension studies annually and 800 students in the studies at the open university.
Curriculum Overview
The Master of Arts degree
The purpose of training and education at this degree level is to give the student the theoretical, intellectual, artistic and practical skills necessary for professional practice in the field of art and design, the ability to carry out demanding tasks requiring design expertise on an independent basis, the ability to engage in independent creative work, supplementary education in the field of design, and studies leading to the DA degree.
The Master of Arts degree can be completed in two ways. The degree programme in Art Education comprises 180 credits, requiring five years of study. The students of the basic-level training course in Art Education are selected directly for the MA degree programme. The degree programme consists of basic-level, subject-specific and advanced studies.
Other studies leading to the MA degree at UIAH consist of the BA degree or corresponding studies (120 credits) and 60 credits of advanced studies that can be completed in two years. The advanced studies consist of studies specific to the subject of further study, the methodology of research in the field of art and design and a diploma work involving a production, design or research. A student who is accepted into the 60-credit MA degree programme may be required to complete additional studies. If a student working for the MA degree has not previously completed the language studies required for the BA degree s/he must complete these studies in addition to the 60 credits required for the MA degree. UIAH may also rule that the student is required to complete further studies in addition to those of the MA degree programme.
A foreign student is qualified to apply for the Master of Arts degree programmes if he/she already has a
1. Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Sciences degree in the field of applied arts
2. Or if he/she has been studying in the field for at least three years (120 credits) at a university abroad. The applicant must have strong recommendations from both his/her own university and from the department in question at UIAH.
3. Or if he/she have a Polytechnic degree.
4. He/she can also apply on other bases than the above-mentioned. However, applicant should have working knowledge of the corresponding field of arts. Please, submit your curriculum vitae with your application.
Applicants to the New Media you should also have working experience form the field of new media.
The degree studies are generally free in Finland, for foreign students as well. The Student Union TOKYO has a membership fee of about 94 euros including health care, which is compulsory for all BA and MA students as well as for non-degree students staying longer than 3 months. The material costs vary depending on the field of studies, but a rough estimate is 34-140 euros a term. The estimated living costs in the metropolitan area are about 500-700 euros a month.
The programmes for MA studies starting Autumn 2004 are:
Applied Art and Design
Environmental Art
Fashion and Clothing Design
Furniture Design
Graphic Design and Illustration
Industrial and Strategic Design
New Media
Photography
Production Design
Spatial Design
Textile Art and Design
You can apply only for one programme.
The Doctor of Arts studies are composed of a doctoral dissertation and study courses of 40 Finnish credits. The study programmes are tailored individually to each student. Please note that most of the courses organised by the UIAH are taught in Finnish, but most of the conferences organised by the UIAH are held in English.
In a doctoral dissertation, the student demonstrates superior knowledge of the discipline of study as well as competence in conducting independent ground-breaking research, developing new artistic research methods or products which satisfy high artistic standards. The student is to present and analyse methodology, frame questions, describe her/his own personal development as it grows through the research, and proportion her/his own working to the broader context of her/his field of research. A dissertation has to have a value in the context of developing knowledge about design and crafts.
A dissertation forms a unity that promotes the artistic and scientific development of the student. It can be a research or several researches handling the same problem entity. In this case it must be published as a book or otherwise (for instance electronically). A dissertation can also be an art production, a series of art productions meaningfully connected to each other, or a product development project. In this case, a written thesis is to be included, which is in a dialogic and analytic relation to the art productions or product development project. The written thesis must be suitable for publication.
Evaluation procedure for DA studies
The professor in charge of the DA programme evaluates the research plan and prepares a statement to the Research Board. Special attention will be paid to the relations between different parts of the research plan, the content and high quality of the research, the number and duration of possible art/design productions and the applicant's preparedness and capability of development. The professor may ask a statement form experts of the field in question if needed. The professor prepares a statement of admittance or rejection. The supervisor for the dissertation will be appointed.
The Research Board evaluates the research and production plan and the possible portfolio and their unity and makes a proposal of admission or rejection to the Rector of university. The Rector makes the final decisions of the admittance.
Student Life
The board of TOKYO attends to serious matters such as students' rights, the standard of training and education etc. The student union stages also parties, celebrations, dances and outings.
Special Services
Communication services, IT services, Publications and Library located at the university main building
Financial Aid
http://www.fulbright.com
Housing
UIAH students can apply for housing via the HOAS (The Foundation for the Student Housing in Helsinki Region) organisation. http://www.hoas.fi
