Department of Visual Arts
Two year course
The Course provides advanced training in forging personal codes of style of decoration together with a multidisciplinary approach to the field of art with particular reference to theory, know-how and contemporary art practices. The focus is the progress and development in the creation of personal work, driven by consolidated methodological and design motivations, aware of traditions and characterized by innovation and experimentation.
Decoration 1 | Decoration 2| Philosophy of art | History of contemporary art | Latest trends in visual arts | Drawing techniques and technologies | Video installation | Contemporary plastic techniques | Sustainable design | History of applied arts | Photography | Sculpture | Planning and design methodologies
To be chosen by the student
Additional training activities to be chosen amongst those available courses together with Seminars- Workshops-Internships, Apprenticeships
Admission is automatic for those students who have graduated from the Accademia di Brera with a First level academic Diploma in Decoration.
A motivational interview and an assessment of any previous career and portfolio by the Commission of the School, and on conditional advancement on retaking failed exams if the student:
Future Employment prospects
Graduates of the two year Master’s programme in decoration will carry out specialized activities as freelance professional artists in a range of areas, creating visual works of art as well as in the planning of larger interventions on a national scale. Having acquired these highly specialized qualifications in traditional and multi media artistic techniques allows for the application of know-how in a number of creative activities, opening up to the opportunity of collaborations in organizational and managerial roles in different areas where design and operational skills aimed at both public and private clients are required
A.Y. 2023/2024
A.A. 2017/2018
Department of Visual Arts
Two year course
The main objectives of the Course is to provide specific training on the styles of contemporary art graphics in visual arts, in relation to current practices of creating and to critical discussion. The main focus is the knowledge of the rich and varied world of graphic arts, from drawing to photography, from the classical engraving of the great Masters through to digital fine art, a set of teachings aimed at going beyond providing really operative, methodological and planning and design know-how, to include cultural, instructive teachings, allowing for a greater awareness and ability in the development of one’s own artistic project.
Techniques of Engraving- Art Graphics 1 | Techniques of Engraving- Art Graphics 2 | Graphic techniques and technologies | Phenomenology of contemporary arts | Techniques of digital animation | Latest trends in visual arts | Multi media planning and design | Art anthropology | Human body semiotics | Phenomenology of image | History of contemporary art | Avant-garde chalcography techniques | History of modern art
To be chosen by the student
Additional training activities to be chosen amongst available courses together with Seminars-Workshops-Internships, Apprenticeships
Admission is automatic for those students who have graduated from the Accademia di Brera with the First Level Academic Diploma in Graphic Arts.
A motivational interview and an assessment of any previous career and portfolio by the Commission of the School and conditional advancement on retaking failed exams if the student:
Future Employment prospects
Second Level, Master Graduates in Graphic Arts will develop and consolidate skills enabling them to take on professional roles in different fields: from a freelance professional artist and more generally in the vast field of visual arts, to creative activities and didactics, in publishing, in the world of illustration and/or graphic design. The cultural background will be enhanced by operational skills and know-how from the history of art through to aesthetics, providing the necessary skills to successfully undertake professional careers in the varied world of art.
A.Y. 2023/2024
A.A. 2017/2018
Department of Visual Arts
Two year course
The Course is aimed at developing poetics, styles, design methodologies in young artists who already have basic sculpture technologies, in the critical exchange between teachers and students and in relation to contexts, both in traditional exhibition environments as well as further afield to urban spaces.
Sculpture 1 | Sculpture 2 | Techniques of marble and semi precious stone | Aesthetics of visual arts | History of contemporary art | Planning and design of urban and local interventions | Anthropology of art | Techniques of sculpture | Foundry techniques
| Latest trends in visual arts | Virtual architecture | Decoration | Multi media installations
To be chosen by the student
Additional training activities to be chosen amongst the available course and with the inclusion of Seminars-Workshops- Internships, Apprenticeships
Admission is automatic for those students who have graduated from the Accademia di Brera with the First Level Academic Diploma in Sculpture. A motivational interview and an assessment of any previous career and portfolio by the School Commission and on conditional advancement on retaking failed exams if the student:
Future Employment prospects
Senior professional roles in the world of visual arts and related specialist professions, and those connected to the field of aesthetic and artistic activities, as well as in the architecture and urban planning field.
A.Y. 2023/2024
A.A. 2017/2018
Department of Visual Arts
Two year course
The aim of the course is to provide specific training in painting styles together with a multidisciplinary preparation in the field of art with particular reference to theories, knowledge, practices and styles of contemporary art. The central focus is the progress in the creation of work interpreted for its methodological and design aspect as well as its operational one. Following a didactic path aimed at enhancing in depth knowledge of theories, materials and technological tools of art, influences, the course also intends to develop interpretation skills related to the world of art, its settings and contexts, its diffusion, its interpretation of reality and contemporary image. For this purpose the workshops are places of experience in a specific yet well integrated training course which will touch on the most relevant subject matters.
Painting 1 | Painting 2 | Human body semiotics | Morphology and shape dynamics | Philosophy of art | History of contemporary art 1 | History of contemporary art 2 | Photography | Techniques and technologies of visual arts | Phenomenology of contemporary arts | History and methodology of the criticism of art | Digital applications for art | Latest trends in visual arts | Planning and design for painting
Chosen by the student
Additional training activities to be chosen from those available courses and with Seminars- Workshop- Internships, Apprenticeships
Admission is automatic for those students who have graduated from the Accademia di Brera with the First level Academic Diploma in Painting.
A motivational interview and an assessment of any previous career and portfolio by the School Commission and conditional advancement on retaking failed exams if the student:
University standards have set a limit of 12 CFA (University Training Credits) for previous professional knowledge and activities
Future Employment prospects
The employment prospects are those of the visual arts world and those specialized professions connected to it in the field of aesthetic and artistic activities, communication and the movement of art.
A.Y. 2023/2024
A.Y. 2017/2018
Department of Communication and Didactics of Art
Three year course
The Course is characterized by a theoretical approach with disciplines that weave perfectly between the areas of the history of art and the history of criticism, as well as aesthetics, phenomenology and anthropology, pedagogy, museum tutorials, cataloging archives. Set in the Brera environment, in contact with historical traditions as well as the artists, the course allows you to enhance your training by approaching artistic practices and new technologies through workshops, offering the opportunity to identify specific interests which can be explored then in the two year Visual Culture and curatorial Practices course.
Cultural Anthropology | Natural and cultural heritage | Cataloguing and archive management | Aesthetics | Phenomenology of contemporary arts | History of contemporary art 1 | History of contemporary art 2| History of modern art | Didactics of artistic styles | Didactics of multimedia 1| Didactics for museums 1 Didactics for museums 2 | Didactic methodologies for audio visuals | Museology and the history of collecting | Pedagogy and didactics of art | History and methodology of art criticism | Extra-media techniques
Design for painting | History of film and video | History of design and graphics | History of architecture and urban planning | History of photography | History of fashion | History of applied arts | History of artistic techniques | History of performance | Techniques and technologies of visual arts | History and theory of cultural heritage
Students must have a secondary school diploma or similar equivalent foreign qualification. The admission test is made up of a multiple choice test which includes 30% of general knowledge questions and 70% of specific history of art questions from ancient times to modern day.
Future Employment Prospects
- Professional activities in the communication and organization of art exhibitions and events (press office public relations, curatorship)
- Cataloguing and archiving contemporary works of art
- Creation and design of didactic workshops for a wide target range
A.Y. 2023/2024
Department of Communication and Didactics of Art
Three year course
The course aims to train versatile and creative professionals able to carry out a range of different activities in the private and public sector: protection bodies, local authorities, foundations and private entities. In addition to a solid cultural background (history of art and architecture, archaeology, archives and the history and theory of conservation) all the theoretical, methodological and application tools are provided in order to manage communication and valorization.
Design and evaluation of cultural heritage | History of ancient art | History of medieval art | History of modern art | History of contemporary art | Aesthetics | Basics in iconology and iconography | Cultural and Natural heritage 1 (history and theory ) | Cultural and natural heritage 2 (landscape theories) | Cultural and natural heritage 3 (single subject course) | Cultural heritage in the modern age | Museography 1 | Museography 2 | Museology and the history of collecting | Exhibition design | Communication and valorization of archive assets | History and documentation of architectural heritage | Valorization of archaeological heritage
Cultural anthropology | Economics of the art market | Photography for cultural heritage | Cultural heritage legislation | History of film and video | History of photography | History of artistic techniques | Web design
Students must have a secondary school diploma or qualification. Overall, solid general knowledge is required, while particular skills in the field of drawing are not required. The access requirements are verified by means of a written test (an essay on a subject related to the history of art) and a subsequent aptitude interview.
Future Employment Prospects
The cultural training achieved during the three year diploma in the field of cultural heritage opens up to a number of different professions. Graduates will be able to carry out consultancy and support services to local conservation and protection bodies for the design and creation of valorization programmes, exhibition events, cultural services for the general public, for the use of monumental buildings, panoramic or urban parks as well as for promotional activities and editorial initiatives. Graduates will also be able to work as archive assistants in cultural institutions, galleries etc; organizers of exhibitions and activities in archaeological sites and “literary parks” (journeys that recall places in literature); specialists in the management of tourist communication and in the application of the new forms of multimedia and social communication; organizers of conferences and cultural events; communication specialists in museums, libraries, foundations and cultural institutions.
A.Y. 2023/2024
Department of Applied Arts and Design
Three year course
New technologies have changed our society dramatically leading to an evolution in the world of art, its communication and the role of the artist, creating new horizons of the imaginary and forging new connections between aesthetics, ethics, philosophy and scientific disciplines. The School of Art and New Technologies, the so-called “Arts and Media”, is a training ground that develops practices and ideas on art, fostering the exchange and merging of know-how and expertise. Art has the ability and the need to transform techniques into style and communication, bringing out its full expressive potential.
Our School approaches and evaluates current trends with critical sensibility, orienting itself towards research, innovation, artistic experimentation and therefore should not be considered a technical school that simply pursues the commercial models of new media.
The educational syllabus reflects this variety of approaches, through theory classes and workshops capable of rendering a thorough, articulated and interdisciplinary training, to guide the student towards a conscious and fully-developed artistic and cultural activity. On the basis of these guidelines, whilst focusing on innovation, the School fully reflects the tradition of the Accademia di Belle Arti, which pursues, at the same level of university education, a perfectly harmonious training and development model based on theoretical knowledge and artistic practice.
Computer graphic | Drammaturgia multimediale | Fotografia | Storia dellʼarte contemporanea | Tecniche di animazione digitale | Teoria e metodo dei mass media | Antropologia culturale | Digital video | Progettazione multimediale | Sistemi interattivi | Sound design | Tecniche audiovisive per il web | Tecniche di ripresa
Linear audiovisuals | Computer games | Digital staging | Light design | Didactic methodologies of audio visual communication | Semiotics | History of music and musical theatre | Techniques of audio visual documentation | 3D digital modeling techniques | Editing and montage techniques | Use of software for the web | Artistic anatomy | History of modern art | Video sculpture | History of photography
To be admitted you need a high school diploma or other suitable qualification obtained abroad. Foreign students are required to present a certificate attesting knowledge of the Italian language. The exam is made up of a general knowledge test, an audio visual test and an aptitude interview.
Future Employment Prospects
Graduates will carry out a number of professional activities in different areas, related to the freelance artistic profession in the area of new technologies as well as collaborating with the planning, design and implementation of specific interventions of new technologies, from the design and creation of interactive audiovisual and multi media works to virtual modeling.
A.Y. 2023/2024
Department of Applied Arts and Design
Three year course
The course takes place in the dynamic and stimulating productive setting of Milan, in the privileged context of contact with the artists, culturally endorsing the training and the acquisition of specific professional skills and planning methodologies in the highly competitive field of design. Training in the “value and culture of the project” is oriented with specific consideration to communication, industrial design and fashion. The courses aim to develop design skills and the practice of expressive, traditional and contemporary technological tools for the use and management of space and the principles of communication and image.
The School of Design regularly organizes, in agreement with public and private organizations, internships and placements that allow students to enhance their know-how by working with the world of production.
Interior design | Technical and design drawing | Modeling | Architectural representation | History of design | History of contemporary architecture | History of contemporary art | Virtual architecture | Design 1 | Design 2 | Design 3 | Graphic Design | 3D digital modeling techniques
Territory analysis and landscape design | Applied arts and material classification | Promotional communication | Semiotics of the body | Design system | Architectural drawings | Sustainable design | Morphology and shape dynamics | Aesthetics | Phenomenology of contemporary arts | Photography | Lighting engineering | Design methodology | Design methodology of visual communication | Staging design | History of Applied arts | History and theory of image
To be admitted to the First Level diploma Course you must have a secondary school diploma or other suitable qualification obtained abroad. The selection is based on an exam which includes a general knowledge test, an artwork evaluation and an interview with the members of the commission.
Future Employment Prospects
Graduates will carry out professional activities in the different public and private areas of design, in the different fields of application, aimed at institutions, museums, small and medium sized companies through to large businesses with particular regard to advertising communication, space organization as a means of communication, setting, staging and all areas connected to business communication.
A.Y. 2023/2024
Department of Applied Arts and Design
Five year Restoration course
The Five year programme in restoration leads to the student obtaining a second level academic diploma qualifying for the profession of cultural heritage conservator/restorer.
The course is currently represented by the educational profile PFP5- Book and archive materials- products in paper/parchment- photographic, cinematographic and digital material.
The study plan includes a number of common historical-artistic as well as technical- scientific courses, together with specific laboratory and workshop courses relating to the three professional profiles. This ensures the student a thorough preparation in order to achieve the skills necessary to take the final qualifying exam.
Basics of Chemistry applied to restoration | History of Modern Art | Basics of Physics applied to Restoration | Cataloguing and Archive management | Design for restoration | Photography for Cultural heritage | Paper and parchment Restoration techniques | Basic IT skills | History of Medieval Art | History and Theory of Restoration 1 | Restoration of articles in paper and parchment 1 | Cultural heritage Legislation | Basics of Biology applied to Restoration | Photography techniques | Techniques of leather and hide products | Techniques and technologies of art graphics for restoration | Paper technologies | Bookbinding techniques | Digital image processing | IT for restoration | History of drawing and artwork | Technologies of Materials for Restoration | Restoration of books and archive materials 1| Video editing | Chemistry applied to Restoration | Restoration of articles in paper and parchment 2 | Restoration of photographic materials 1 | History of contemporary art | Building site health and safety legislation | History of printing and publishing | Industrial chemistry | English for Communication Arts 1 | Diagnostics 1 | Conservation issues of contemporary art | Restoration of books and archive materials 2| Restoration of photographic materials 2 | Restoration of film and video | Restoration of digital materials | History of the new media | Methods of handling works of art | English for Communication Arts 2 | Diagnostics 2| History of artistic techniques | Restoration of articles in paper and parchment 3
Every year the School takes in 10 students for each academic specialization after passing the admission tests. The test include a graphic design test, common to all profiles, a profile-specific aptitude test and a general knowledge test. For specific information on admissions please contact the Student Administration Office.
The multiple choice theoretical test includes a common section of general culture concerning art history, natural sciences (chemistry, biology, physics, earth sciences) and English language, and a specific section for each profile chosen. To pass this test, we recommend consulting the suggested bibliography (Annex 1).
The drawing test, as with all profiles, consists in the graphic transposition of an artistic artefact, or part of it, conducted by means of a photographic reproduction. The drawing must be done with a black graphite pencil, in linear stroke and without chiaroscuro, in a reproduction in scale (to be established) with respect to the format of the photograph (Annex 2).
The aptitude test of integration of gaps, specific for PFP5, consists in the integration with watercolor or in colored pencils of the circumscribed gaps present on the facsimiles of graphic works, in different techniques, which they offered to each candidate.
The test is multiple choice, divided into two sections:
1. SECTION COMMON TO ALL THREE EDUCATIONAL PROFILES = 40 QUESTIONS
2. SPECIFIC SECTION FOR EACH TRAINING PROFILE CHOSEN = 20 QUESTIONS
Future Employment Prospects
- Institutions of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities Responsible for the protection of Cultural Heritage (supervisory bodies, museums, archaeological sites, monumental buildings etc)
- Public and private research institutions operating in the field of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
- Laboratories, companies and professional organizations in the sector
A.Y. 2023/2024