• Faculty of Creative Arts
  • creativearts@um.edu.my
  • 03-7967 3288
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MASTER OF ARTS

Research is the principal requirement and candidates will produce a dissertation.  Candidates also are required to attend Research Methodology course as prescribed by the Cultural Centre.  There are four (4) areas: Music; Drama and Theatre; Dance; Visual Arts.

Research Areas

Cultural Centre provides opportunities for candidates to pursue research in the following areas:

  • Music - Composition, Ethnomusicology, Musicology, Music Technology, Music Education
  • Drama and Theatre - Arts Management, Drama Ethics and Philosophy, Drama for Education, Eastern Drama, Modern Drama, Theatre Criticism, Traditional Theatre
  • Dance - Asian Dance, Choreography, Dacne Criticism, Ethnology, Indigenous and Malay Dance
  • Visual Arts - Malaysian Art, Thai Art and Architecture, Islamic Art, Comparative Study of 20th-century art in Southeast Asia, Topics in Southeast Asian Art (Pre-modern), Theories and historiographies of art histroy, Topics in curatorail and exhibition studies, Topics in contemporary Asian art, Topics in modern Asian art, Visual culture and design history.

Entry Requirement

To Be Updated

The application for research programme is open throught the year.

For more information, please refer : https://study.um.edu.my/download-brochures

Last Update: 11/03/2025