International Master's Programmes

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3 Welcome 4 Postgraduate Studies in English 6 MA in and Crafts 10 MA in Animation 14 MA in Interaction Design 18 MA in Interior 22 MA in Urban Studies 26 MSc in Design and Engineering 30 Apply and Contact ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES

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It is possible to become a good artist without an school diploma, but it is more sensible to get an education and easier for society to trust an expert or skilled practitioner. A Master’s degree does not automatically make someone’s art or ideas bett er, but it does provide greater scope for creative development. For over 100 years, the has served as the national leader in art and design, and through the work of its students and alumni has created the look of . In our current time of cross-cultural exchange, EAA seeks to share our specialised knowledge — from Blacksmithing to Animation to Urban Studies and more — with eager learners from beyond our borders. And we hope to likewise be enriched by the breadth of experiences and cultures that international students bring with them. www.artun.ee/masters One of EAA’s primary aims is to be an island of freedom in a world where those whose brains are limited by standard measures try to measure our immeasurable work. In a world ruled by Excel tables, as long as art manages to fulfi l its role as a centre of resistance there is still hope. To this end, EAA encourages innovation and experimentation. Have an idea? Try it! You’ll fi nd there’s refreshing lack of red tape here. Those who study at EAA soon discover a wide spectrum of possibilities. We invite you to join us.

Mart Kalm 2 Rector — Estonian Academy of Arts 3 ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES Postgraduate Studies in English www.artun.ee/masters

he Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA) is the only public university in Estonia T off ering in fi ne arts, design, architecture, media, visual studies, art culture, cultural heritage and conservation. EAA off ers four Master’s programmes taught As an active study and research institution, Additional Information in English: Animation, Urban Studies, Interior it is the leading national centre of Architecture, Interaction Design, and Design innovation in visual culture. Studio spaces are available for individual and group projects. and Craft s. (Within Design and Craft s, In addition, the Academy off ers a variety of equipped workshops and labs: students choose a specialisation: ceramics, glass art and design, jewellery and • 3D lab • Printing room • Digital lab blacksmithing, textile design, leather art and design or fashion design.) All programmes • Woodworking shop • Weaving workshop • Printer room 4 are two years (120 ECTS). EAA encourages — • Jewellery and metal • Knitt ing and tapestry • Lithography and innovation and experimentation, and 5 workshops workshop intaglio workshop students are able to take modules and The 1,200 students currently workshops outside of their specialisations. enrolled at the Estonian Academy • Ceramics workshops • Animation lab • Typography and relief In addition, there is a joint Master’s of Arts are taught by 83 professors, printing workshop • Glass workshops • Decoration workshop programme in Design and Engineering associate professors, teachers and • Canvas workshop off ered with University of Technology. lecturers from Estonia and abroad. • Stained glass and mural • Puppet fi lm studio Additionally, 38 workshop managers workshop • Plastic casting room • Black-and-white lab are on hand to assist students. • HULA fashion lab • Modelling studio Studies take place in small groups. • Colour lab The Estonian Academy of Arts prides • Bindery workshop • Model workshop • Photo studio itself on the low student to professor • Sewing workshop • Blackbox ratio, which creates a more personal, one-on-one approach to instruction. estonian academy of arts international master's programmes Master of Arts he two-year Design and Crafts MA programme prepares students for in Design Tprofessional practice and helps them identify their own positions as artists — within their communities, society, design field, global economy, natural environment and Crafts and other contexts. The programme provides students with as many real-world, hands-on situations as possible by giving them access to practising professionals and diverse opportunities. The programme also

www.artun.ee/masters develops and changes with the students. With each new group, we start with roundtable discussions to find out what you actually want. What experiences do you value? What is the focus of your interests? What are your professional dreams? The students enter a common programme but also select a specialisation: ceramics, glass art and design, jewellery and blacksmithing, textile design, leather art and design or fashion design. Students who commence studies in the Design and Crafts programme will remain closely connected with their chosen discipline. Regardless of the 6 specialisation, the MA programme focuses — on collaboration. This includes group tasks 7 that cross disciplines, where students with different backgrounds and study experience work together. A significant part of the coursework takes the form of workshops (supervised by international lecturers), which aim to break routine and provide inspiration. ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES

aterial-based design and craft Design and Craft s disciplines have a unique outlook specialisations Mand philosophy, and the Estonian Academy of Arts is one the few places in • ceramics the world where it is possible to study • glass art and design in some of these fi elds at the MA level. Each MA graduate should be the best in the • jewellery and blacksmithing world in something — whether this be in • textile design producing an ingenious product, having a unique artistic position or demonstrating • leather art and design in-depth, materials-based research. • fashion design The Design and Craft s MA programme is also an ideal entry point for international students wishing to continue their studies in the EAA doctoral programme. www.artun.ee/masters

Tuition per year Reet Aus is a graduate of the Estonian 1,500€ Academy of Arts’ fashion design programme. In her work as a designer, she began to see that fast fashion is a Admission requirements wasteful industry. In 2002, she began • Application (submitt ed through Dream Apply practising upcycling in her fashion line between March 1st and May 1st) and in her work as a costume designer for theatre and fi lm. Her doctoral thesis — 8 • 50€ application fee Trash to Trend: Using Upcycling in Fashion — • Bachelor’s degree Design — presents the possibilities of 9 implementing upcycling within the • Offi cial transcript of records (translated into fashion industry and mass production. Estonian, English or Russian and att ested) This led to creating a community • Proof of English profi ciency: FCE or CAE C, IELTS 5.5, platform for upcycling designers called TOEFL ITP 510 and iBT 70 Trash to Trend and her own upcycled line called Upmade, which uses on average • Copy of the data page of your passport or ID card 70% less water and 88% less energy • CV compared to regular manufacturing. Reet is also a senior researcher in • A relevant portfolio (for your chosen specialisation) sustainable design at the Academy and • Essay about your Master’s thesis project or vision is actively involved in introducing future designers to sustainable methods. ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES

he Department of Animation was established T at the Estonian Academy Master of Arts of Arts in 2006 and off ers a two-year MA in Animation. The main goal of the programme is to successfully educate in Animation creators of animated fi lms, providing them with theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The further aim is to contribute to the global development of animation as an art form. www.artun.ee/masters Animation is a thriving medium and developing at a greater pace than ever before. Animation has become part of mass culture, and one of its principal forms. Animation can be seen in digital screen graphics, computer games, music videos, fi lms, etc. The basis for any fi lm – including animated fi lm – is the story. The greatest problem in the fi lm world is the lack of good stories. In most of the world’s animation schools, students are 10 not taught the art of good story — writing. This is something that 11 sets the Academy’s Department of Animation apart. We place an emphasis on the story and creating fi lm scripts. ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES

pon completion of the MA in Programme features Animation programme, students have acquired in-depth theoretical and • The studies are conducted as lectures, U practical animation skills. The students can seminars and master classes, as well specialise in specifi c animation techniques as individual and tutorial classes. and create individual postgraduate projects Generally, tutorial classes make up in the appropriate technique. This is an 60% to 70% of the curriculum. international programme, and instruction is Other classes are divided between conducted in English. Aft er graduation, practical and independent work. the students are qualifi ed to realise • Studies are conducted in cooperation themselves as animated fi lm creators with almost all the schools of higher and as professionals in their fi eld, to Aft er completing a BA in Interactive Design at education in Tallinn, Estonia. teach in their fi eld or be involved in the Vilnius College of Construction and Design, The students actively participate in creative industries. Students who have Urtė Budinaitė wanted to study animation. lectures at the Baltic Film and Media completed the postgraduate programme She was accepted into two universities in the School (BFM) and . are also qualifi ed to continue their UK, but was torn because she didn't know Cooperation also takes place with studies and pursue a doctoral degree. any of the names of the teachers. Then she the Estonian Animation Union and

www.artun.ee/masters happened to learn about the animation Estonia’s larger studios. programme at the Estonian Academy of Arts. • The department’s instructors “The classes were amazing. I learned how to and lecturers are active artists Tuition per year tell stories, how to analyse fi lms (not only and specialists in their fi eld, animation), write scripts. I was fascinated whose work is regularly presented 2,300€ by the teachers. They were professionals, at international events. not pedagogues. The programme made me an Admission requirements animation fi lm director. My life has been tied to animation ever since. I also gained a huge circle • Application (submitt ed through Dream of contacts, wonderful people I met during the Apply between March 1st and May 1st) course and aft er. I always tell people they should • 50€ application fee study animation in the Master's programme at EAA if they want to be animation directors.” • Bachelor’s degree Aft er graduating in 2010, Urtė was immediately • Offi cial transcript of records 12 hired as an animation and multimedia lector at (translated into Estonian, English — the Vilnius College of Construction and Design, or Russian and notarised) 13 and also taught an animation course for children • Proof of English profi ciency: FCE or CAE in a Vilnius' art school. Her debut animation fi lm C, IELTS 5.5, TOEFL ITP 510 and iBT 70 received Lithuania’s Silver Crane award for Best Animated Film in 2012 and she became a member • Copy of the data page of of the Lithuanian Film Academy. She currently your passport or ID card lives in Århus, Denmark with her husband, Johan. • CV They have a stop-motion animation studio called WiredFly, and this year they'll premiere • A relevant portfolio a co-directed puppet fi lm. Urte became a • Essay about your Master’s member of the Danish Animation Union and is thesis project or vision developing her fi rst full-length animation fi lm, in addition to commissioned animations. • Interview estonian academy of arts international master's programmes

nteraction Design is a rapidly developing creative field. The ongoing evolution of Ismart consumer technology has increased the need for well-designed intuitive user interfaces and experiences. Be it a mobile app, a digital display on a household machine, the front-end of a web-based service or a complex system involving different digital and physical experiences, interaction design is an essential part of it. Interaction designers aim to make users’ encounters with sophisticated information and machinery

www.artun.ee/masters as simple and pleasant as possible. Our programme focuses on human- centered design. User research, analysis and testing form the foundation of the curriculum. Theoretical studies are built around practical design projects based on real briefs by companies from Estonia and abroad. User-based, agile design and product/service development methods ensure the sound outcome of the projects. The cooperation of our Master’s programme with the department of Graphic Design lends a solid focus on the skills and tools of graphic user interface design — data 14 visualisation, digital typography, visual design, — motion graphics, GUI prototyping, etc. 15 Cooperation with the departments of Product Design, Interior Architecture and the programme of Design & Engineering Master of Arts expands the scope of the curriculum to tangible interaction and interactive spaces. Physical computing, wearable tech and in Interaction virtual reality are covered by study projects. Design ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES

raduates of the Interaction Design Master’s programme will be well equipped to run complex Gproduct/service development projects and to manage international multidisciplinary teams. We expect our students to have very diff erent backgrounds. Previous experience in design and soft ware development is helpful, but by no means necessary. During the fi rst semester of the programme, a set of introductory courses helps students get acquainted with design, programming and entrepreneurship. We welcome everyone who has The programme is a serious interest in designing interactions, interfaces taught by a team and user experiences. If you want to learn how to work of experienced as a specialist or a team leader in the fi eld of interaction mentors: design, join our family of international students!

Amid Moradganjeh is passionate about developing human-oriented approaches to

www.artun.ee/masters advance design innovation. Aft er fi nishing his Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering in Iran, Amid received an MA in Interaction Design from the Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden. He has previously worked at the Tuition per year global design and innovation fi rm IDEO, 3,000€ as well as for Google and Microsoft .

Tanel Kärp’s special interest lies in non-profi t Admission requirements and community-oriented projects. He studied • Application (submitt ed through Dream graphic design at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Apply between March 1st and May 1st) and received an MA (with honours) in Design and Development of Virtual Environments from the • 50€ application fee in Estonia. • Bachelor’s degree Tanel is one of the creators of Hooandja 16 (an Estonian crowdfunding platform) and the • Offi cial transcript of records — Let’s Do It global garbage cleanup project. (translated into Estonian, English or 17 Russian and notarised) Jaak Kaevats is an interaction designer exploring Employment profi les • Proof of English profi ciency: FCE or CAE the implications and applications of emerging for graduates C, IELTS 5.5, TOEFL ITP 510 and iBT 70 technologies. He has a BA in Graphic Design from • Interaction designer the Estonian Academy of Arts, and completed • Copy of the data page of your passport an MA in Human-Computer Interaction at • Interface designer or ID card the Universität für KIG Linz in Austria. • User experience designer • CV In addition, numerous professionals from • Service designer • Portfolio Estonian and international companies are • Design manager • Motivational lett er supporting our programme by sharing their experience and mentoring the student projects. • Design team leader • Interview estonian academy of arts international master's programmes

Master of Arts he contemporary world is characterised by complexity and rapid change, T affecting also the profession of in Interior interior architects. Our programme is based on the principle that a set of design skills, in the narrow sense of the term, is not sufficient for interior architects to be Architecture successful. They also need to understand the broader context and be able to adjust their solutions to changing situations. www.artun.ee/masters Our curriculum is divided in two main segments: - The first (so-called ‘hi-tech’) segment deals with the interaction between spaces and people, and the ways high technology and smart materials help improve that interaction. - The second (so-called ‘low-tech’) segment is based on the notion that if we have good knowledge of our surrounding, broader contexts (such as climate, nature, economy and culture) and their interrelationship, rich imagination and primitive materials are all we need to create fresh, quality spaces. 18 During the first academic year, students — participate in both segments to an equal 19 extent. The second academic year is dedicated to the Master’s project. For that, students will select one of the two segments — whichever better supports the topic of their project. ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES

he overall objective of the Master’s Tuition curriculum is to prepare an independent creative person who is Free T able to create personalised three-dimensional environments, combining architecture, Admission requirements design, art and technology into a coherent whole and lead the implementation of • Application (submitt ed through Dream their interior architecture projects. Apply between March 1st and May 1st) Ahti Grünberg is a 2012 graduate The curriculum provides skills to analyse • 50€ application fee of the MA in Interior Architecture critically, develop, and experiment with • Bachelor’s degree in Interior and Furniture Design programme. the diff erent aspects of the creation of Architecture or a related subject He is one of the founders of Derelict spatial environment and helps to develop Furniture, which creates unusual a personal creative approach. It focuses on • Offi cial transcript of records and original furniture from wood providing in-depth theoretical knowledge (translated into Estonian, English or recovered from industrial scrap, and practical skills necessary for qualifi ed Russian and notarised) old wood piles and abandoned professional work with the aim of preparing • Proof of English profi ciency: FCE or CAE cott ages. EAA has a particular the students with skills to create interior C, IELTS 5.5, TOEFL ITP 510 and iBT 70 interest in upcycling design, and we architecture projects independently. www.artun.ee/masters have a Sustainable Design Research • Copy of the data page of your passport In developing these skills, students will Centre because environmental or ID card benefi t from the unique context of Estonia: awareness is an important aspect its harsh northern climate; extensive, • CV of contemporary design projects. unspoiled nature; its location on the border • Portfolio between the East and the West; its small size. • Assignments (see below) • Interview

Assignments • Essay of possible MA thesis topics (2 to 3 • Interpretation of “The Piece from the Year 20 topics, max 1500 1981” by Estonian composer Lepo Sumera — characters, pdf format) into a human scale physical object (any 21 material can be used for the object; • Video about a human-scale public space document the object with 3 to 5 photos problem (30 to 60 sec, uploaded to a and a 1000-character text explaining the streaming platform of choice – YouTube, concept of the object; present in pdf Vimeo – link to the video to be provided in format) the essay fi le; video will not be assessed based on production quality, but rather • Submit the essay, video and the the relevance of the message; mobile interpretation of the musical work by phone shot and edited material e-mail to [email protected] is also acceptable) Assignment deadline for international applicants: 10 May 2016 10 am (local time in Tallinn, GMT+2) estonian academy of arts international master's programmes

s events and transformations of the recent decades have forcefully Ashown, the urban question permeates Master of all major social, economic and political developments of today. The English-language Master’s programme in Urban Studies critically engages with the wide-ranging manifestation Arts in of contemporary urbanity. Its mission is to understand and analyse contemporary urban problems and act upon these problems in Urban Studies terms of design, policy, activism, and research. The two-year Master’s programme combines rigorous academic research with intensive fieldwork. The programme is situated at

www.artun.ee/masters the trans-disciplinary intersection of critical urban studies, urban design and planning, architecture, sociology, ethnography and geography. Our students have previous academic backgrounds in architecture and/or humanities. Integrating critical interrogation and experimental practice, the programme has a triple focus on social uses, spatial programmes and urban forms. The form of assignments includes term- long research studios, intensive workshops, lectures, seminars and field trips. The distinctive mark of the Master in Urban Studies is its reliance on theoretically- 22 informed action in the field. The programme — engages ‘real’ actors and creates opportunities 23 for public engagement, presentation, discussion and publication of the best works.

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he programme prepares students Aft er graduating with an Maria Derlõš is a current Urban to engage with urban issues at Tuition MA in Urban Studies in 2014, Studies student. She is an activist the intersection between design T Free Mikko Laak worked for in Lasnamäe, the largest housing practice, political practice and theoretical two years in the School of estate in Estonia, and the leader knowledge (urban design, urban and spatial Architecture at the Tampere of the Lasnaidee (the ideas for planning, state and municipal policy making, Admission University of Technology. He Lasnamäe) non-profi t association. public expertise, community advocacy, requirements was working as a researcher She has one foot in community social activism, academic and practice- • Application (submitt ed and teacher in several activism and the other in local policy based research). Our graduates work in through Dream Apply smaller research projects and planning. Maria is also working in public administrations, urbanism-focused between March 1st and and two urban planning the Estonian Urban Lab (Linnalabor) NGOs, architecture design offi ces, private May 1st) courses. Since 2014, he has by organising exploratory walks consultancies and advocacy organisations. been working as programme to urban peripheries and serving The programme also prepares graduates • 50€ application fee manager at the Architecture as one of its board members. for further study at the PhD level. • Bachelor’s degree Information Centre Finland. Her focus is on dealing with the popularisation of urban • Offi cial transcript of “While fi nalising my BA degree studies, the promotion of citizen records (translated into in Urban Planning at the participation in urban planning and Estonian, English or HafenCity University Hamburg www.artun.ee/masters the enhancement of inclusive city The Master’s programme is fully in Russian and notarised) in Germany, I realised that development. Since 2015, she has English and has a strong international the contents taught in the • Proof of English profi ciency: been an assistant manager at the orientation. We cooperate with a Urban Planning programme FCE or CAE C, IELTS 5.5, Estonian Cooperation Assembly. network of partner institutions in prepared graduates to work TOEFL ITP 510 and iBT 70 Europe, and we are connected to in a German city-offi cial “Growing up in Lasnamäe, I have regional partners in Finland, the Baltic • Copy of the data page of position, and hence prepare for been always att entive to its countries and Russia. The curriculum your passport or ID card a career which is specialised inhabitants and dynamics. During includes a number of workshops in the German environment. my studies in the Urban Studies • CV and lecture courses by international Furthermore, I realised my Master’s programme at EAA, this scholars and practitioners. Students • Writing or design portfolio interest was in more creative initial interest crystallised into also participate in hosting an annual approaches. I chose to apply a more coherent set of ideas and • Motivational lett er international conference in Tallinn for the Urban Studies Master’s steps. I started the Lasnaidee called Urban and Landscape Days. • Interview programme at EAA, since project, organising community it off ered an interesting, events and struggling to change the 24 creative and multidisciplinary negative image associated with the — approach to studies in the neighbourhood. The studies helped 25 urban realm. Projects taught me to understand that beneath this hands-on skills and various image, one fi nds valueable public lectures pointed out that spaces and rich everyday life. With the urban environment has the Urban Lab, I organised guided way more layers than only walks where experts and visitors the physical, built one. The could encounter these for themselves. programme prepared me very Continuously engaged with the well to work with big entities issues of cooperation and community and on complex projects. organisation, I have recently become It taught me to take into more involved with the planning account diff erent actors and process itself. While perhaps less interest groups involved in colorful, planning is key for the just the urban environment.” and equitable development of a city.” estonian academy of arts international master's programmes

odern companies must have a cross-disciplinary Mapproach to product development and innovation to be successful market leaders. This requires technological competence combined with a deep understanding of users, the social and cultural context of use, as well Master of as the utilisation of design in the creation of meaningful, pleasing and sustainable solutions. An emphasis on product and process technology Science in alone is insufficient. Dealing with these complex and sometimes contradictory demands necessitates Design and skilled and versatile professionals. The two-year Design & Engineering www.artun.ee/masters Master's programme has been crafted by the Estonian Academy Engineering of Arts and Tallinn University of Technology to address such demands. The multidisciplinary programme was created with the purpose of combining the rigor of technical development and the honing of engineering competence with the creative, inspirational and communicative power of design. With a business and entrepreneurship mindset, the programme is founded upon 26 the synergies and benefits gained — through the integration of art, 27 design and science. Besides the two core study areas of design and engineering, students get a firm understanding of the contemporary entrepreneurial world. The coursework is formed around development projects run in multidisciplinary teams with industry partners. ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAMMES

Students acquire a design led Graduate profi les approach to innovation, including • product or service development • the skills and knowledge to develop professionals who are able to work in and prototype new product and service a wide scope of creative integrated concepts development teams, able to tie the technological possibilities of industry • the skills and knowledge to organise and with possibilities found on the market, lead a user-centric development process able to compose technology- design- and • knowledge to unite design and user-centered studies, create and develop technology in creating new and valuable new product and service solutions Since graduating in 2015, Taylan Acarsoy solutions • development managers who are able has been working as a creative director in • basic skills and a knowledge of to lead creative product or service an agency in his home country of Turkey. Tuition entrepreneurship, marketing, brand development teams integrating design He’s responsible for preparing visuals for Free building and their relationship to and technology with company visions and cosmetic, medical and technology fi rms, development master skills to bring new products on the including designing exhibition areas, market stands and promotional materials. • the skills of presenting the results of work Admission requirements www.artun.ee/masters and communicating ideas • entrepreneurs who are able to create, “The design understanding of the northern • BSc in Engineering or BA develop and bring to market innovative European countries has always drawn my • an understanding of the role of design in Design and technologically demanding product- att ention. In the Design and Engineering in the development process and how to service systems based on unnoticed programme, you are in a foreign country • Offi cial transcript of apply it possibilities on the market and unmet with traditions and lifestyles that are records (translated into needs of the users completely diff erent, while working on Estonian, English or interesting projects with people from every Russian and notarised) • graduates are qualifi ed to pursue corner of the world. The greatest benefi t of doctoral studies • Proof of English the programme for me was this experience. profi ciency: FCE or CAE C, I improved my social and cooperative IELTS 5.5, TOEFL ITP 510 skills with people, and studying abroad and iBT 70 for your higher education is always a good credential for the private sector.” • Results of BSc studies for engineers and 28 online test in fi eld — knowledge 29 • Portfolio of BA studies for designers • Motivation lett er Design & Engineering was chosen as one of • Application (submitt ed Europe’s Top 50 design programmes through Dream Apply for 2016 by Domus. between March 1st and May 1st) • 100€ application fee (paid via bank transfer) • Interview estonian academy of arts international master's programmes

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