Overview

The Visual Arts degree at University of Minho is organized around 4 axes: artistic practice, drawing, technology, and theories.Artistic practice is developed in the Atelier, emphasizing the student's vocation through research/practice, accompanied by the teacher and in confrontation with other artists and colleagues. In this course unit, different artistic expressions or dimensions are explored, consciously and solidly developing the student's talent.Drawing is presented as a fundamental and structuring discipline, in continuity with the tradition of artistic education, where multimedia and digital processes (in the areas of Utilization or Programming) are already included in more advanced phases of the course.Technology is thought inclusively, seeking to find commonalities between technologies traditionally associated with painting or sculpture. Thus, Printing, Ceramics, Molds, and Prototyping are worked on in Technologies I, III, and V, and Wood, Plastic, Metal, and Textile in Technologies II, IV, and VI.

The last axis strengthens and consolidates the student's theoretical and critical education through art theory and history, including scientific areas such as philosophy, aesthetics, or performance studies.

Careers

- Pursue a freelance career as a Visual Artist.

- Coordinate or integrate work teams at various levels of production and dissemination of works of art.

- Develop abilities to interact with different areas of plastic and visual creation, in Arts, Architecture, and Design.

- Develop curatorial activities in exhibition spaces.

- Develop teaching, dynamization, and cultural service projects for the community.

- Research in the field of plastic and visual languages.

- Develop art review and criticism.

- Pursue specialized training in postgraduate cycles in the field of visual arts and related areas.

Programme Structure

Courses include

Artistic Movements I
Drawing and Perception
Visual Arts Studio
Drawing and Body
Artistic Practices
Contemporary Art

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-20 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

Credits

177 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Braga, Portugal

Disciplines

Visual Arts View 3 other Bachelors in Visual Arts in Portugal

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Pre-Registration procedure

Fill in the application form

Learning Agreement for Studies, which needs to be signed and dated by the student and home institution [preferably, the template to be uploaded should be of the Online Learning Agreement (OLA), in case it is not possible to use this template, alternatively, the use of the template made available by UMinho or Home Institution is accepted] (pdf format)

Copy of ID card/Passport (pdf format)

Home Transcript of Records (pdf format)

Photo (jpeg format; max. 45kb)

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Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

6500 EUR / year

≈ 6500 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

695 EUR / year

≈ 695 EUR / year

Living costs

Braga

Portugal

454 - 697 EUR / month

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