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  The Cass Postgraduate Prospectus

The department offers a broad range of full and part-time postgraduate courses in art, media and design disciplines. These include Taught MAs, MAs By Research, MPhil and Phd. We also offer a three month International Pre-Masters (graduate certificate) course for international students, which combines preparation for postgraduate study in a creative discipline with English Language classes.

The quality and variety of research projects carried out by the department’s highly experienced staff can be seen on our RAE (Research Assessment Exercise) pages.

Whichever course you choose you will benefit from excellent teaching and support, well-resourced facilities and a stimulating experience in an exciting multi-disciplinary environment. Up-to-date technology, active links with industry and professional organisations, experienced visiting lecturers and artists-in-residence will ensure that your postgraduate experience at "the Cass" is challenging and productive.

Our striking Graduate Centre designed by Daniel Libeskind, at our North Campus is at the heart of postgraduate academic culture at the University. It provides a focus for all aspects of postgraduate development and provision throughout the University, through Postgraduate Centres and Research Offices at both campuses.

Facilities and Resources

All students can access computing, photographic and reprographic facilities together with specialist technical support. We also have the widest range of specialist facilities in Europe for silversmithing, jewellery, furniture, furnishing and technologies in music. These include CNC, CAD and CAM for work in metal, wood, plastics, and musical instrument manufacture, as well as workshops supporting instrument-making and repair; furniture prototype and batch production; upholstery and soft furnishing; silversmithing, jewellery and allied crafts; and finishing processes for wood and metal. There are studios for graphic design and interior design, drawing, painting, installation and performance-related activity, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, time-based media and 3D. Our laboratories support electronic and acoustic study, materials science and restoration and conservation.

Students benefit from a video studio, professional high definition video cameras, video and editing suites, photography studio and darkrooms, a radio/sound-editing studio and a screening room. The dedicated digital animation studios are equipped with high-definition editing and animation workstations with all the relevant software. Other resources include a blue screen studio, and negotiated access to professional sound studios. We have a strong publications record in youth culture, Hollywood film, and media audiences and mass communications.

Metropolitan Works, our professional Digital Manufacturing Centre, is equipped with state-of-the-art design equipment and resources. The London Metropolitan Polymer Centre has well equipped laboratories and workshops for polymer processing and testing. The department has galleries at Central House and Commercial Road that put on shows of international standing, as well as our Frederick Parker Gallery containing the famous Frederick Parker Collection of over 165 chairs dating from 1650.

SEE MA STUDENT WORK FROM THE MA SHOW 2009