The Department of Sound and Image Arts of the School of Music and Audiovisual Arts of the Ionian University announces the Postgraduate Programme (MSc) titled “Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age” (Official Gazette 2936/20.07.2018, vol. B’ and Official Gazette 7372/31-01-2025, vol. B’) for the academic year 2026-2027, in accordance with Law 4485/2017. This MSc focuses on fostering and providing specialization in the creative field of new forms of artistic expression using exclusively digital media (digital arts / new media arts), as these are grounded in the creative background of traditional art forms (visual arts, printmaking, sculpture, as well as music / sound production), but differ and develop primarily and exclusively through the integration of the continuously evolving digital interactive and audiovisual technology.

The MSc leads to the award of a Master’s Diploma titled Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age. The programme is full-time, and part-time study is not available for candidates seeking admission.

For the academic year 2026–2027, the maximum number of available postgraduate student positions in the MSc is 35.

About

The aim of the MSc is to advance scientific knowledge, research, and artistic creation in the interdisciplinary creative field of digital audiovisual art and communication / creative industry, through the use of contemporary interaction and audiovisual representation technologies, with emphasis on applying the relevant scientific thinking and on producing artistic work.

These opportunities are offered primarily to artists who have already demonstrated creative experience and artistic work using the traditional expressive means widely used in the field of Fine Arts, and who wish to specialise in the use of the new media provided by digital audiovisual technology and interaction technology, to transform their artistic identity so that:

a) it is defined in the form of an autonomous artistic work that falls within the field of digital art (and more specifically the art of sound, image, or their multimedia combination); or
b) it includes characteristics of activity in the fields of the creative economy and of audiovisual communication and the audiovisual industry.

Course of study

The total duration of study leading to the award of the Master’s Diploma is set at three (3) semesters. The programme of study includes six-month educational units (modules), which are distributed across the first two semesters of study, while in the third semester students carry out the Master’s Dissertation.

The educational units in the first two semesters are implemented through a combination of theoretical / laboratory teaching and the completion of individual or group assignments by the postgraduate students. In all cases, given the strongly applied and creative character of the programme, the above assignments correspond to at least 50% of the total educational workload of each respective educational unit. At the same time, postgraduate students participate in the Department’s annual Audiovisual Arts Festival (which takes place in May) as part of the educational process.

The examination method for each educational unit (written, oral, assignment(s)) is announced at the beginning of the respective semester.

The language of teaching is Greek. However, the writing of the Master’s Dissertations may also be done in English following the student’s choice in consultation with the supervising lecturer.

Attendance at the educational units is carried out either in-person (10% of the total teaching hours of the educational units or/and seminars) or remotely (90% of the total teaching hours of the educational units or/and seminars), depending on the needs of the postgraduate students. In the above cases, a special real-time tele-education platform is available. Specifically for the research component of the educational units, its implementation is carried out by the postgraduate students under the continuous supervision of the respective lecturers, who monitor progress during specific group or individual educational sessions (in-person or remotely).

It should be noted that, as the evolution of the current health crisis remains unclear, if new extraordinary measures are taken by the Ministry of Education to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and remote education is imposed as a matter of necessity, the Department of Sound and Image Arts and, specifically, the MSc in Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age, possesses the appropriate infrastructure and, in any case, will operate in accordance with the Ministry’s circulars and the legislation that will regulate the relevant matters.

Applying

The MSc admits holders of a first-cycle degree (bachelor’s degree) from Greek HEIs or from equivalent foreign institutions, in accordance with Article 34 of Law 4485/2017. Given the MSc’s specific targeting, the degree of applicants admitted to the programme should be primarily related to traditional art forms, namely:

a) Arts, Design and Architecture: this category includes (inductively) graduates of Departments of Fine Arts or Applied Arts, Cinema, Graphic and Design Arts, Photography, Industrial Product Design, Architecture, etc.;
b) Music Science and Art, such as graduates of Departments of Music Studies;
c) Application of Art and Aud audiovisual Technology and Communication in various fields (e.g. Entertainment, Mass Communication, Culture, etc.), such as graduates of Departments of Management of Cultural Environment & New Technologies, or Cultural Technology & Communication, or Mass Media.

By exception, graduates of Departments from other knowledge fields may be admitted to the MSc, under the necessary condition that they already have artistic activity and can present creative artistic work for evaluation (portfolio of artistic work).

Final-year students of the above Departments also have the right to submit an application; if admitted, they may enrol in the MSc only if they have completed their studies by the date of the start of classes.

Interested parties are invited to submit their applications exclusively online at https://future.ionio.gr/ada/ by 2:00 p.m. on September 17, 2026, along with the following supporting documents:

1. Application for admission (generated by the platform upon submission)

2. Photocopy of the identity card

3. Recent photograph

4. Degrees/diplomas

   • Final-year candidate applicants must submit a certified copy of their complete analytical transcript for all years together with their application, and a certificate confirming completion of their studies by the date of the start of classes.

   • A certificate of the place of study must also be submitted for degrees awarded by foreign institutions that award degrees organised through a licensing agreement with private bodies in Greece and are included in the relevant list of DOATAP (https://www.doatap.gr/anagnorish/katalogos-allodapon-idrymaton-pou-aponemoun-titlous-spoudon-stin-ellada/).

   • An act of recognition of academic equivalence is not required for degrees obtained at foreign institutions if these are included in the National Register of Recognised Higher Education Institutions abroad (https://www.doatap.gr/anagnorish/ethniko-mitroo-anagnorismenon-idrymaton-anotatis-ekpaidefsis-tis-allodapis).

5. Certificate of knowledge of a foreign language (for graduates for whom this does not arise automatically from the type of their studies)

6. Detailed CV (curriculum vitae)

7. Statement of Purpose for undertaking the MSc

8. Two (2) at least recommendation letters

9. Mandatory portfolio documenting the candidacy, such as: work experience, portfolio of artistic works (Design, Painting, Photography, Music, Video, Multimedia Work, Animation, Comic, Audiovisual Installations, and any other creative work)

10. Other documents (if available) that document the candidacy, such as: computer knowledge, work experience, scientific publications and conference presentations, etc.