National College of Art & Design
Dublin , Leinster , Ireland
- Founded: 1746
- Establishment: HE Institution / College
- Type: Public
- Total Students: 950
National College of Art & Design
The National College of Art and Design occupies a unique position in Art and Design Education in Ireland. It offers the largest range of Art and Design degrees in the State at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is the only Irish University institution specialising in Art and Design.
Many of the most important Irish artists, designers, and art teachers have studied or taught in the College and it has long been central to art and design education in Ireland. The origins of the College date from 1746, when a private drawing school was taken over and run by the Dublin Society. Throughout the 18th Century there were three schools covering figure drawing, landscape, ornamental drawing, and architecture drawing. A school of modelling was added in 1811 and from 1854 the institution was controlled by the Department of Science and Art, London. In 1877 it was renamed the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and the Department of Education in the new Irish State took control in 1924. Twelve years later it became the National College of Art and in 1971 the National College of Art and Design was established by an Act of the Oireachtas. The College is governed by a board (An Bord) appointed by the Minister for Education and Skills.
From 1975 NCAD pioneered undergraduate art and design degrees, including BA and BA Joint Honours Degree. Postgraduate research degrees have been offered since the late 1980’s. In 1996 NCAD became a Recognised College of the National University of Ireland and remains the sole provider of art and design education with in the university sector.
In recent years, the College has conferred honorary associateships on Sybil Connolly, Dr. James White, Patrick Scott, Jan de Fouw, Sonja Landweer, Conor Fallon, Dr. Seamus Buachalla, Leonora Curry, Paul Costelloe, Prof. Anne Crookshank, Charles J. Haughey, Dr. Patrick Moriarty, Dr. Edward Walsh, Professor George Dawson, Michael Farrell, Paul Hogan, William Walsh, Mealla C. Gibbons,Ronald Le Bas, Bro. Joseph McNally, Juan O'Callahan and Anthony Cronin.
In 1998 the College opened a new wing, the School of Design for Industry and now houses all of its activities on the Thomas Street campus in the centre of Dublin. Since 2005 PhD Research has been undertaken together with post-doctoral research. NCAD’s primary degree awards are Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications, but offers courses from Level 6 to Level 10.
NCAD’s Library houses NIVAL, the National Visual Arts Library, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, which is a unique resource on the Island for research in art and design, containing papers, documents, and archives of Irish artists, designers, and organisations.
NCAD has over 950 full time students and a further 600 students who take award and non-award bearing part-time classes. The College has four Schools, Design, Education, Fine Art, and Visual Culture. With the exception of the Industrial Design course, first year provides the first year of all undergraduate courses, but this will change in 2013. The curriculum has been revisioned from a four year to an integrated three year undergraduate programme and a two year postgraduate degree (3+2) with the option to continue to PhD study (+3), the three year degree will operate with a modular common first year.
Artists and designers of international repute are invited to teach or give special lectures in the College. Exchange programmes with colleges and universities in Europe and the United States now take place annually and individual staff members are linked to numerous professional organisations at home and abroad. NCAD is a member of the Europe League of Institutes of the Arts. Parallel to the change to 3+2 (+3) NCAD has also recently established a strategic Academic Alliance with University College Dublin and is now a Recognised College of UCD. This will facilitate the development of new courses, the internationalisation of the student body, and the transformation of the campus.
As is clear, NCAD has regularly reinvented itself - and the current process of change is typical of that developmental momentum reflecting change in the sector and society – in order to meet the highest expectations of the Society and the State.
Important Facts
NCAD is the top ranked Art and Design College in Ireland (QS World University Rankings 2018) and is ranked one of the top 50 Art and Design colleges in Europe. We are an independent specialist Art and Design Third Level Institution offering the full spectrum of art, design and craft disciplines. The campus has a rich history and supports a vibrant and exciting atmosphere at undergraduate and postgraduate level, located right in the heart of Dublin City Centre. NCAD is proud to be a big part of the local community in Dublin and can be found on the Liberties Design Trail. (We are number 9 on the map!) For more information on studying in Dublin, including information on student accommodation around NCAD, follow this link.
NCAD is home to students from over 40 countries, creating a culturally rich community, populated by people with curious and creative minds who love to challenge, debate, imagine and create. Our graduates tend to be leaders in the creative industries, all around the world, keeping the NCAD spirit and culture alive.
Because our entire student body is purposefully concentrated to around 1,500 (including part time and evening courses), our highly skilled and experienced teaching staff are in a position to dedicate time to each student on their programme. This also means that every single student on a studio-based programme, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level are given an individual studio space. This studio space becomes your base for the year, your home from home, the centre of your working life as an NCAD student.
At NCAD you will find workshops for working with wood, metal, ceramics, glass, textiles, for traditional and digital print on paper and fabric, for knitting, weaving and sewing, for book binding, preparing canvases, film editing, prototyping products and 3D printing. All workshops are supported by experienced specialist technicians so the work you create will be the best it can be!
Our teaching staff are current practicing artists, designers, curators and educators. They understand what it takes to work in their chosen industry and they share this knowledge and experience through practice, debate, discussion and real world concepts.
We are looking forward to welcoming you here as an NCAD student, so that you can carry our tradition with pride.
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- 100 Thomas Street, Dublin D08 K521, Ireland
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Programs Offered
BA Applied Materials
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Education and Design or Fine Art
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
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- Average processing time 20 days
BA Fashion Design
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Fine Art
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Fine Art Painting
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Fine Art Print
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Fine Art Sculpture & Expanded Practice
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Graphic Design
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Illustration
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Interaction Design
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Jewellery & Objects
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Moving Image Design
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Product Design
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Textile & Surface Design
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Textile, Art & Artefact
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 66000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
BA Visual Culture
- Length 04 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 54000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MA Art in the Contemporary World
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 13500 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MA Communication Design
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 16500 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MA Design for Body and Environment
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 16500 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MA Design History and Material Culture
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 13500 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MA Interaction Design
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 16500 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MA Product Design
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 16500 EUR
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- Average processing time 20 days
MA Service Design
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 16500 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MFA Art in the Contemporary World
- Length 02 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 28000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
MSc Medical Device Design
- Length 01 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 16500 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days
Professional Master of Education
- Length 02 Year
- Total Tuition Fee 29000 EUR
- Application Fee N/A
- Average processing time 20 days