Prospective MA Students
York has become one of the world's foremost History of Art departments, with wide-ranging and internationally renowned expertise in western art and architecture from the early medieval to the contemporary periods. We offer a supportive and stimulating environment for all of our MA students, who come to York from across the UK and across the world. As an MA student in the department, you would benefit from:
- World-leading teaching and research
- A highly innovative and flexible degree programme
- Teaching by distinguished visiting scholars
- A large and dynamic postgraduate community
- An exciting new MA partnership with Tate Britain
- Our close links with national and international galleries, museums and auction-houses
One of the distinctive features of York MAs is that you can tailor your degree to suit your individual needs and interests. We pride ourselves on offering an extremely comprehensive, ambitious and flexible set of MA programmes that allow students either to range across a wide variety of subjects, periods and themes, or to pursue specialist pathways in particular areas of art-historical study. As well as welcoming students who have previously studied history of art, we welcome those with backgrounds in other humanities-related fields.
For more information on our exciting MA options, follow the links below.
If you would like to visit York or learn more about our programmes please contact the Postgraduate Administrator for the MA in History of Art with general enquiries or the Chair and Director of MA programmes with more specific programme or admissions enquiries. If you would like to learn more about the MA in Stained Glass Conservation, please contact the course Director of the MA in Stained Glass Conservation, Sarah Brown.