Master in Time-based Media

Master in Time-based Media is one of 7 English-taught Arts, Design & Architecture programmes at master’s level in the register, offered by 4 institutions. 7 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland; this programme lists EUR 1,453 a year. 7 are at a public university, where EU, EEA and Swiss students pay no tuition within the standard duration plus two semesters.

The Master's in Time-based Media at the University of Arts Linz is a 120 ECTS programme over four semesters. It sits in the interdisciplinary study of how artists work with time: video, film, sound, media installations and productions, interactive systems, design with digital media and programming. The teaching language is German and English, so the programme is partly taught in English and you should check with the institution which parts are held in which language.

What you study

The programme is built around your own focus. You bring an area you want to push, and the course explores the interdisciplinary links between the productive, receptive and reflexive sides of time-based media. In practice that means working with video in both practice and theory, film theory, sound, media installations and productions, interactive systems, design with digital media and innovative program creation.

Experimental, performative, spatial, cultural studies and art historical aspects feed into project development and theoretical training. The point is to give you a differentiated view of your own work and the ability to place it in the media industry and in artistic and scientific fields.

How the programme is organised

You work in process- and problem-oriented modules and develop your own artistic, scientific and transdisciplinary projects. The course also trains the steps around the work itself: formulating objectives, conceiving a project, developing it, elaborating it, and finally presenting the results. Teaching aims at independent work and teamwork. Students get individual support and supervision, and the course is meant to help you pin down your personal position.

Who it suits

It suits people who already work across media and want to sharpen a critical, questioning approach to artistic production, including its social relevance and ideological and political implications. If you want a fixed syllabus of set exercises, this is not that. If you want room to build your own projects with feedback, it is.

Admission, language and next steps

There is no central application portal: you apply directly to the University of Arts Linz, and its own pages give the application period and admission requirements. At a public university, EU/EEA and Swiss students pay no tuition within the standard duration plus two semesters; other students pay a fee per semester. Check the programme page for the current admission steps before you prepare a portfolio.

Zeitbasierte Medien positioniert sich in der interdisziplinären Auseinandersetzung unterschiedlicher Arbeitsweisen mit zeitbasierten Medien, d.h. Arbeiten mit Video (Praxis und Theorie), Film (Theorie) und Sound, mediale Installationen und Inszenierungen, interaktive Systeme, Gestaltung mit digitalen Medien und innovativer Programmerstellung. Auf Basis individueller Schwerpunktsetzungen der Studierenden werden die interdisziplinären Bezüge in den produktiven, rezeptiven und reflexiven Bereichen der zeitbasierten Medien erforscht bzw. zum Ausdruck gebracht. Darüber hinaus werden Arbeitsschritte, von der Zielformulierung über die Projektkonzeption, Projektentwicklung und Projektausarbeitung bis zur Darstellung und Präsentation der Ergebnisse, geübt und verfeinert. Die Lehre zielt auf die Vermittlung der Fähigkeit zu selbständiger Arbeit und Teamarbeit.

Das Studium wird auf Deutsch und Englisch angeboten.

There is no central application portal in Austria: you apply to the institution, here University of Arts Linz. A public university sets the admission requirements and dates for this level, so read them on the programme page. Entrance examination, as the register states it: An admission or aptitude procedure applies (see the programme page). Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, the student residence permit and housing.