Postgraduate Intake

Advance your thinking and practice at LASALLE, Asia’s leading contemporary arts and design institution.

With our one year* postgraduate programmes, you will gain valuable insights to develop transformative ideas that can reframe the cultural and creative industries, and various socio-economic sectors.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, and engagement with global practices and practitioners, you will be able to advance your research and practice in broader, deeper ways to critically and creatively address the needs of a changing world.

As the highest ranked specialist arts institution in Singapore and joint top in Southeast Asia for art and design (QS World University Rankings 2023), LASALLE is recognised for its critical discourse and leading-edge knowledge production through the arts. Our forward-looking graduates are cultural provocateurs and innovators championing the arts across cultures and sectors.

As we embark on a new era as part of the University of the Arts Singapore, we welcome you to apply for our postgraduate programmes by 12 May 2024**.

*One year for full-time and two years for part-time students (except for MA Art Therapy and MA Music Therapy which are two years full-time programmes).
**For local applicants only.

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PROGRAMMES

MA Arts and Ecology

Establish your artistic voice on ecological issues of our time.

MA Music Therapy

Become a qualified music therapist and use your musical skills to improve people’s well-being.

MA Art Therapy

Become a culturally informed, competent and ethical art therapist.

MA Arts and Cultural Leadership

Take the lead and make a difference.

MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice

Transform arts education to nurture next-gen emerging artists.

MA Asian Art Histories

Read history, make history.

MA Creative Writing

Craft your literary voice. Create stories of your time.

MA Design

Hone your critical design practice to create, challenge and re-imagine the world we live in.

MA Fine Arts

Develop your individual voice as an artist.

Features

In conversation with: MA Design alumnus Heider Ismail on creating a new perception of designers

You were in the first batch of Diploma in Design Communication at LASALLE’s then-newly opened McNally Campus in 2008, before returning in 2013 for…

In conversation with: Grey Yeoh about why there is much to gain in pursuing an MA

MA Arts and Cultural Leadership alumnus Grey Yeoh has worked in a diverse array of capacities in the creative industries, including being an art…

In conversation with: Tzang Merwyn Tong on how his MA helped him unlearn and relearn his craft

For Tzang Merwyn Tong, the pandemic was an opportunity to slow down, to reassess his life. He had been making films since 1999, his first film being…

In conversation with: Prarthna Agarwal on how her MA has been a transformative journey

For Prarthna Agarwal, it was love at first sight when she came across LASALLE College of the Arts on her solo trip to Singapore in 2019.

In conversation with: Zul Mahmod and how an MA gives him the time to think

MA Fine Arts student Zulkifle Mahmod, or Zul, as he is better known, is no stranger to seeing his practice evolve.

In conversation with: Mary Christina Stanislaws on feeling at peace with taking a career break to pursue an MA

As with many children growing up in Singapore, MA Creative Writing student Mary Christina Stanislaws believed that the ultimate profession to aspire…

In conversation with: Vanessa Yeo on pursuing an MA while working full time in FinTech

Had you encountered alumna Vanessa Yeo at her day job in Fintech at a multinational bank these past two years, you might not have realised that she…

In conversation with: Laura Kee on bettering working conditions for actors

When actor Laura Kee got involved in the newly-registered The Actors’ Society (TAS) shortly after its inception in late 2019, she could not have…

In conversation with: Ian Goh on how his MA journey helped him fulfil his lifelong dream of becoming a video game writer

While most of his peers in LASALLE’s MA Creative Writing programme chose to work on a novel, plays or poetry for their thesis project,

In conversation with: Howie Lau on how history illuminates the future

MA Asian Art Histories student Howie Lau is not only an art enthusiast and collector, but also a giant in the tech industry.

In conversation with: Daniel Jenkins on how his postgraduate studies reinvigorated him

As a practitioner with so many years of professional theatre and teaching experience, why return to school to do an MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice?

In conversation with: Sin Shiu Heng on design that drives social change

What have been your greatest takeaways from the programme?

In conversation with: Joelyn Yep on being a practitioner-manager

How do you think being both a practitioner and also an arts manager helps you in your work?

In conversation with: Usha Chandradas and Pauline Gan on injecting fun into the way we talk about art

Both of you come from legal backgrounds. What attracted you to the arts?

Art therapy as ethical business of change: Conversation with Emylia Safian

Art therapy as a profession began in the 1900s in Europe and the United States. Hospitals and individuals tapped on art therapy for psychological…

Jolene Chiang looks at the centrepiece installation for Tapestries of Grief.

Feature: Witnessing grief through art therapy

At the Tapestries of Grief: Witnessing through Art Therapy exhibition at Plaza Singapore, constellations of small orbs, known as remembrance balls,…

Industry as classroom: inside the MA Design Residency Programme

Design thinking has become a trendy buzzword even beyond the design sector. Be it in the realms of public policy, tech or finance, the ability to…

HEAR FROM OUR ALUMNI

Hear from our MA students and alumni to find out more about what inspired them to pursue a postgraduate degree at this stage in their lives, and why they chose LASALLE.

MA Asian Art Histories:
Vanessa Yeo

MA Arts and Cultural Leadership:
Grey Yeoh

MA Arts Pedagogy and Practice:
Tzang MT

MA Art Therapy:
Prarthna Agarwal

MA Creative Writing:
Mary Christina

MA Design:
Heider Ismail

MA Fine Arts:
Zul Mahmod

Admissions Information

Important dates

Start of semester: Aug 2024

For local applicants only:
Apply by 12 May 2024

Note:
Applications are closed for the following programme:
– MA Art Therapy
Applications for international applicants have closed.
Applications will close once the programme seats have been filled up.

Entry Requirements

Fees

Scholarships & Financial Support

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