Master’s degree · MA
MA Design, Visual Communication
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK) · Department of Fine Arts · Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Official award
- MA Design, Visual CommunicationMA
- Subject
- Visual Communication Design
- Format
- On campus4 semesters
- Tuition
- CHF 720per semester, as published 2026-10-23
About this program
Research-oriented Master major in Visual Communication within the ZHdK Master in Design; main teaching language English / German as published.
- Department
- Department of Fine Arts
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- MA Design, Visual CommunicationMA
- Award family
- MAA Master of Arts. It is not relabelled as an MFA.
- Academic level
- Master’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Communication Design | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 4 semesters
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- ZHdK Zurich
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English, German
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Teaching language as published: English / German
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition fee per semester (CH)Tuition | CHF 720per semester, as published 2026-10-23 | CH | 23 October 2026Source |
| Tuition fee per semester (non CH)Tuition | CHF 1,220per semester, as published 2026-10-23 | non CH | 23 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Studio fees, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, compulsory travel, residencies and exhibition charges are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; art students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)