Key information
Semester starts
Aug 2026
APPLICATION OPENS
1 Oct 2025
For MA Art Therapy applicants
Apply by 31 Jan 2026
Application outcomes will be announced by 18 Mar 2026
For other MA programmes applicants:
Apply by 31 Mar 2026
Note
Applications will close once the programme seats have been filled up. Please note that the timeline provided serves as a general guide. Actual outcome release dates may vary.
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Advance your thinking and practice
with 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.

Apply for our MA programmes by 31 March 2026 for the August 2026 intake.

*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).

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Programmes

MA
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Group of performers strike playful poses on stage in front of a projection, celebrating the end of a performance with joyful energy.
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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...
Artist seated by large woven wall art leads a barefoot audience sitting on a patterned rug during an intimate gallery talk in a white room.
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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...
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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...
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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...
Students seated in a circle play tambourines and maracas in a music classroom, with a whiteboard displaying music notation behind them.

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.

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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