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Art Schools in Ireland

11 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 72 art and design programs. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every program.

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Programs by award and subject in Ireland

72 programs

How results are ordered: alphabetically by institution, or by most recently checked when you choose that sort. There is no price ranking, because tuition in different currencies, fee categories and bases (per year, per credit, whole program) is not comparable. A program appears under a subject only through a verified link (dedicated degree, major, concentration or documented pathway). A value we could not verify is shown as “not published”, never as “no”. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change verification or order. Online programs are not counted as physically located in a state or city, and an institution’s location does not tell you whether it enrols students from your country.

About art education in Ireland

How art education is organised

Art and design in the Republic of Ireland is taught at the National College of Art and Design, institutes and technological universities, and a few independent colleges. Undergraduate programmes are mostly Level 8 honours degrees, often entered through the CAO with a portfolio and often beginning with a common first year, and taught master's degrees sit at Level 9. Awards are usually titled BA (Honours), MA or MFA, and research degrees are PhD or MPhil.

Source: ncad.ie/undergraduate/first-year/

Qualification structures

Names and levels are local to Ireland. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.

Level 8 honours degree
NCAD describes its undergraduate course as a Level 8 Honours Degree in Art, Design or Education, with a common first year before students choose a specialism. Source
BA (Honours) on the NFQ
TU Dublin lists its BA (Honours) art and design degrees as four-year, 240-credit programmes at NFQ Level 8. Source
MA and MFA
NCAD offers MA / MFA titles on Level 9 programmes, and Burren College of Art offers a one-year MA and a two-year MFA in Studio Art. Source
PhD and MPhil
Burren College of Art offers practice-based MPhil and PhD research degrees in studio art. Source

Bodies that matter, and what each one does

Accreditation, validation, education authority and qualification registers are different roles. Do not read a listing by one body as evidence from another.

Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
Publishes the National Framework of Qualifications and the Irish Register of Qualifications

Credits and qualification framework

TU Dublin states 240 ECTS credits for its four-year honours degrees and 90 ECTS for its one-year master's degrees; Burren College of Art states 90 ECTS for its MA.

No degree on this site guarantees admission, funding, employment, a visa or teacher registration, and nothing here is visa or credit-transfer advice.

Languages and admissions

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Admissions and portfolios. Undergraduate entry is commonly through the CAO using course codes, with portfolio requirements set by each college; check each college's current portfolio guidelines and entry requirements. Source

Official study information

Country information last reviewed 23 October 2026. 3 sources consulted.