Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design

Institute for Theoretical Studies

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We aim to ensure that students of our institute as well as of the design institutes have an in-depth understanding of art in its social, historical and conceptual context, can play an active role in its creation, and are able to mediate it in both informal and formal (classes, critiques, papers, exhibitions) settings.

Programmes

In addition to sound theoretical knowledge, the programme helps students build successful business development and efficient communication skills. Graduates can find jobs in design companies, cultural institutions, the art market, exhibition spaces or even the media.

Our graduates work at museums and galleries, design and advertising agencies, write for art magazines, are involved in teaching and research.

From the 2024/25 academic year, the programme will only be available in English language. Graduates of the training focusing on the development of business and communication skills in addition to theoretical knowledge can find employment with design companies, cultural institutions, in the art market, exhibition spaces, or even the media industry.

The Design and Visual Arts Teacher training programme provides designers, architects and media students holding or currently pursuing an MA with pedagogical foundations and skills, as well as a new degree. State-funded semesters in teacher training are available regardless of and in addition to state-funded training periods available in other programmes, for up to 4 additional semesters.

The programme focuses on providing a deeper understanding of design, visual arts and architecture. Our graduates go on to study for various master’s degrees or work at cultural institutions and agencies.

During the semester, we aim to furnish our colleagues working in the cultural scene or intending to work in this field, with knowledge to reinvent their activities proactively and independently, along the most recent aspects and criteria of cultural management.

Hungary is also putting a great importance on improving the competitiveness of museums, on increasing visitor-friendliness, on modernizing the infrastructure and on establishing completely new public institutions. Currently, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design is the only institution where you can study museum management in Hungary.

News

Winning projects include a hearing aid doubling as jewellery, a narrative video game, multimedia visuals, and several revitalisation projects. The certificates were presented personally by the eponym of the scholarship, world-renowned product designer and MOME Professor Emeritus Stefan Lengyel at the awards ceremony, which was a great honour to both the scholarship recipients and the university staff. The sixteen students will receive the scholarship for a period of 5 months to work on further elaborating their concepts.

Providing an opportunity for 23 young talents from Hungary’s poorest regions to pursue creative studies, the Tomorrow belongs to you – For the creative talents of the future programme launched on 9 February with a host of community and professional activities, and a tour of Budapest.

The Manage [it] Yourself professional roundtable discussion, on the collaboration between artists and managers, and on self-management, is organised for the 10th year in a row by the Art and Design Management programme. The Career Paths anniversary event of the Budapest Design Week 2023 event programme featured students who had graduated in the previous 10 years from the programme sharing their experience.

Events

2024.03.05
16:30 - 18:00

The 16 applicants who will receive the Stefan Lengyel Excellence Scholarship will be announced at a ceremonial award ceremony on March 5. It is a special pleasure and honor for us that the namesake of the scholarship, Professor Emeritus Stefan Lengyel, will also be present at the event.
2024.02.02
09:00 - 18:00

MOME’s Open Day is back on 2 February, this time in the virtual sphere...
2023.12.14
2023.12.18

The first end-of-year semester evaluations (KIPAK) of the 2023/2024 academic year will take place between 11 and 15 December over a period of 5 days. We look forward to seeing you on the Campus at the events that are also open to the public!

Our unique projects

Tanítsunk Magyarországért program

A Tanítsunk Magyarországért program célja a nehezebb körülmények között élő általános iskolások támogatása, a kölcsönös tanulás és a közösségek megerősítése a mentorálás során.

Management

associate professor, BA programme lead, institute director, supervisor

horan@mome.hu

senior lecturer, Elméleti Stúdiumok koordinátora, supervisor

schneider@mome.hu

napi működésért felelős vezető

margithazi@mome.hu

Faculty

university professor, professor emeritus, supervisor

ferkai@mome.hu

university professor, professor emerita, supervisor

kap8455@mome.hu

senior lecturer

sznora@mome.hu

university professor, University Doctoral and Habilitation Council, supervisor

tillmann@mome.hu

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The aim is to train open-minded designers who can respond sensitively to environmental, social and cultural processes and stand for the highest standards of quality. It seeks to enhance the competitiveness of MOME graduate designers both in the national and international arena, helping them carve out a niche in the industry for themselves.

In our vision artistic spatial design, negotiation skills and engineering knowledge form a unit that builds on each other. The Institute aims to train responsible professionals endowed with creative power, with equal weight of tradition and innovation.

Our four knowledge centres, Animation, Photography, Media Design and Graphic Design, offer BA, MA, PhD and extracurricular programmes, as well as high standards of education, an open-minded environment, and state-of-the-art technological background.
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