Study abroad in Barcelona, Spain: Most popular universities for Visual Arts.

Are you thinking of studying Visual Arts, abroad? Below you can find the most popular universities and programmes to study Visual Arts in Barcelona, Spain. This list is based on visitors on the Studyportals websites, listing more than 150,000 English-taught Bachelor's and Master's programmes world-wide.



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Autonomous University of Barcelona

Since its first years, the UAB strived to set the foundations for a university model based on the respect for the basic principles of autonomy, participation and social commitment. 
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ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering

ELISAVA is one of the top schools in Europe, pioneer in the studies of Design and Engineering, and it is affiliated to Pompeu Fabra University, has over 2,000 students from around the world.
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Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

We believe that higher education must be more than just a process that ends with an official qualification. It has to help individuals, businesses, institutions and society at large to develop. We need to provide people with skills and knowledge so they can bring value to society. We've been reinventing the university since 1995, when the UOC was created as the world's first online university.
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University of Barcelona

The University of Barcelona (UB) is the most formidable public institution of higher education in Catalonia, catering to the needs of the greatest number of students and delivering the broadest and most comprehensive offering in higher educational courses.
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Blanquerna - Universitat Ramon Llull

A university and professional community of a very special kind, a non-profit maker and cofounder of the Universitat Ramon Llull, Catalonia’s first private university of which ESADE, IQS, La Salle, Pere Tarrés, Facultat de Filosofia, Observatori de l'Ebre, Vidal i Barraquer, Institut Borja, Turisme Sant Ignasi and ESDI are all part.
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Ostelea - School of Tourism & Hospitality

Ostelea - School of Tourism & Hospitality gives you the opportunity to study in the country that boasts the most competitive tourism sector in the world. A country filled with cultural resources and infrastructures, and which is highly adapted to digital consumption habits.
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Most popular Visual Arts programmes for international students in Barcelona

These are the most popular programmes among international students who are looking for a Visual Arts degree in Barcelona.

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Miró Studies

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

Under the auspices of the Càtedra Joan Miró-UOC, we are offering an online postgraduate diploma in order to promote and disseminate new perspectives on Miró's work, focusing on both the artist and his cultural environment. These online courses will be designed and taught by a distinguished international faculty of Miró experts who will examine all aspects of the artist's visual production in its Catalan and international contexts.
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Bioart and Research: new discourses on life and the body

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Aesthetics and Biotechnology: new discourses on life and the body is addressed to students of all disciplines interested in art and in the theory of contemporary art, and particularly those interested in the relation between art and science. The course will include the participation of artists using biotechnology techniques in their works.
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Spanish and Catalan Art History Summer Program (20h)

Autonomous University of Barcelona

This programme aims to offer international students an introduction to Catalan and Spanish art through theoretical classes and guided visits to prestigious and universally recognised monuments and museums. The programme consists of 20 hours dedicated to the artistic history of the city of Barcelona seen through the history of art of Catalonia, Spain and Europe.
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Prehistoric Archaeology

Autonomous University of Barcelona

With a long experience in the PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology as an independent doctorate and a large numbers of theses produced, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the University of Cantabria have joined forced to offer an innovative, original and powerful Interuniversity Doctorate in Prehistoric Archaeology which began in 2014-2015.
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Research in Art and Design (Project Culture Specialisation)

Autonomous University of Barcelona

This leads on to the theory and criticism of art and design. On the other hand, it has a literal meaning, that is, that art and design can be ways of investigating aspects of the world and can produce various kinds of knowledge through both the creative process and its outcome.
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Performing Text and Textile

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Performing Text and Textile is addressed to students of all disciplines interested in art and in the theory of contemporary art. The programme is both theoretical and practical and will focus on the relation between art and design through DesignArt and Performance, seen from the perspective of textile and clothing.
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Arte, Gestión del Patrimonio y Turismo Cultural

Ostelea - School of Tourism & Hospitality

Ostelea ha decido implementar un programa de Máster en Gestión del Patrimonio y el Turismo Cultural que tiene el objetivo de formar a profesionales y directivos en la gestión del patrimonio en el ámbito de la industria turística nacional e internacional. El máster tiene también el objetivo de facilitar una sólida base en la economía de la cultura y en la gestión y análisis de los modelos de gestión del patrimonio.
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Barcelona Arts & Design : Architectures

Autonomous University of Barcelona

This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the arts & design of Barcelona focusing on architecture. This course covers the development of architecture, building technology, and urban planning in Barcelona since1888 to the present, examining the work of selected architects, and dealing with the recurrent use of historic imagery.
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About Visual Arts

Visual Arts degrees teach students to manipulate arrangements of colours, shapes or other elements that influence the sense of beauty, especially the representation of beauty in a graphic and plastic environment. Visual Arts degrees offered by top international art schools prepare graduates to follow careers as cartoonists, illustrators, industrial designers, and more.

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