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Semester starts
Aug 2026
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Applications have closed.

Advance your thinking and practice through our MA programmes

How far will you go to refine insight and practice? Or to challenge boundaries and perspectives? Through our one-year* MA programmes, you will gain a spectrum of perspectives to develop forward-thinking ideas and approaches to advance your research and practice in broader, deeper ways to critically and creatively address the needs of a changing world. Take the next step in your postgraduate education at Asia’s leading contemporary arts and design institution.

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Programmes

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MA Art Therapy
Become a culturally informed, competent and ethical art therapist.   The highly selective MA Art Therapy programme is a global leader in blending Eastern and Western approaches, methodologies and perspectives to train art therapists who are culturally relevant and progressive in a fast-changing world. A first of its kind in...
Playground Puzzle by Tan Yun Yie, Elaine MA Art Therapy
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MA Arts and Cultural Leadership
Take the lead and make a difference.   The MA Arts and Cultural Leadership programme equips practitioners and managers with leadership capabilities for the dynamic and fast-evolving cultural and creative sectors. It complements individuals seeking to harness their creativity and nurtures leaders who can adapt to complex environments to take...
MA Arts and Cultural Leadership class with guest speakers Professor Jerry Liu, Associate Professor Tully Barnett and Associate Professor Benny Lim
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MA Arts and Ecology
Establish your artistic voice on ecological issues of our time.    This studio-based programme is located in one of the greenest cities in the world, Singapore. This is a unique and pioneering transdisciplinary programme in Asia for creative practitioners, ecologists and researchers, and for those who seek to explore critical...
Forced Intimacy by Alison Schooling. Photo by Grace Chen.
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MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice
Transform arts education to nurture next-gen emerging artists.   The MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice is the only programme in Asia dedicated to artist-educators. Designed for artists working in educational environments, the programme unlocks conventional pedagogic principles for the arts and introduces, through experimentation, inter- and transdisciplinary modalities in...
Who Am I Festival - Agora (10 April 2026)-188 © issyshoots
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MA Asian Art Histories
Read history, make history.   The MA in Asian Art Histories programme cultivates a new generation of art historians, curators, art writers and exhibition-makers. It is a global pioneer to focus on Asian modern and contemporary art histories. It nurtures a nuanced and impactful appreciation of art from Asia, attracting...
The “Who am I?” Festival (2026)
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MA Creative Writing
Craft your literary voice. Create stories of your time.   The programme develops the writers, editors, publishers, cultural curators and writing teachers of tomorrow who create narratives that migrate from Singapore to the world’s exponentially growing literary production and publishing market. You will acquire a deep appreciation of the written...
Sampan: The LASALLE Anthology of Creative Writing
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MA Cultural Analytics and AI
Master the language of the future, where data science meets creative intelligence.   Are you ready to lead at the intersection of human creativity and machine intelligence? The MA Cultural Analytics and AI programme at LASALLE is a first-of-its-kind programme designed for the next generation of creative leaders. We don’t...
Photo by Clarissa Catahan MA Cultural Analytics and AI
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MA Design
Hone your critical design practice to create, challenge and re-imagine the world we live in.   MA Design is a research-led practice programme that challenges current conventions of thinking, making and communicating. The design field is increasingly positioned at the forefront of innovative and new possibilities for humanity in a...
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MA Fine Arts
Develop your individual voice as an artist.   This unique research-based programme for artists fosters a deep inquiry into artistic practices through research. It supports artists to develop a profound conceptual and aesthetic approach to their practice and achieve a level of professional excellence required by the demands of a...
nospacefortomorrow (a postscript): MA Fine Arts showcase (2025)
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MA Music Therapy
Become a qualified music therapist and use your musical skills to improve people’s well-being.   The MA Music Therapy programme is delivered within a robust framework of musical aesthetic excellence, well-evidenced theories and rigorous clinical practice training that is informed by professional ethics, guidelines and best practices. It is the...

Admissions information

LASALLE College of the Arts offers an exceptional range of MA programmes to help you develop valuable insights and ideas to reshape the cultural and creative industries and various socio-economic sectors.

In the section below, find out all about the admission requirements and application process for our MA programmes.

The following LASALLE students and alumni contributed to the creation of this year’s visual identity.
Joanne Lim, MA Fine Arts | Joni Dam (Dam Thi Thu Huong), Benjamin Ho (Ho Kah Wai), Fervyn Kate Tan, Tian Jiayu, MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice