Master of Performing Arts
The Master of Performing Arts (M.P.A. or M.Perf.A.) is a graduate degree awarded in the fields of dance, drama, film and music. The degree generally requires a minimum of two years of full-time study to complete.{{cite web |url=http://www.bdu.ac.in/academic.php |title=Post-Graduate Programmes |author=Bharathidasan University |accessdate=28 November 2012}} The degree program is offered primarily in Asia,{{cite book|author1=Unesco. Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific|author2=Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development|title=Handbook on diplomas, degrees and other certificates granted by higher education Institutions in Asia and the Pacific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUcmAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=28 November 2012|year=1998|publisher=SEAMEO Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development|isbn=978-974-202-036-1|page=115}} and was formerly offered in the United States of America,{{cite book|author1=James Cass|author2=Max Birnbaum|title=Comparative Guide to American Colleges for Students, Parents, and Counselors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYNMAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=28 November 2012|year=1983|publisher=Harper & Row|page=xii|isbn=9780878662210}} where it has been supplanted by the more prevalent Master of Fine Arts, Master of Music and Master of Arts in Performing Arts degrees.
Asia
Institutions presently offering a Master of Performing Arts program include:
= Bangladesh =
= India =
- Dr. Hari Singh Gour University[http://www.dhsgsu.ac.in Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar University]
- Banaras Hindu University{{cite web |url=http://bhu.ac.in/fpa/Course%20offered.htm |title=Course Offered |author=Banaras Hindu University |accessdate=28 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209220748/http://www.bhu.ac.in/fpa/Course%20offered.htm |archive-date=9 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}
- Bhatkhande Music Institute{{cite web |url=http://www.bhatkhandemusic.edu.in/pages/courses.html |title=Courses and Schemes |author=Bhatkhande Music Institute |accessdate=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331012146/http://www.bhatkhandemusic.edu.in/pages/courses.html |archive-date=31 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}
- Bharathidasan University
- Indira Gandhi National Open University{{cite web |url=http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/school/sopva/programmes/detail/297/1 |title=School of Performing and Visual Arts Programmes |author=Indira Gandhi National Open University |accessdate=28 November 2012}}
- Lovely Professional University{{cite web |url=http://www.lpu.in/program/MPA-Master-of-Performing-Arts.php |title=Programme Details |author=Lovely Professional University |accessdate=28 November 2012}}
= Malaysia =
Europe
= Italy =
In the Italian higher education system, the various Academies of Fine Arts offer second level programs that lead to a "Diploma Accademico di Secondo Livello in Arti Visive e Discipline dello Spettacolo" which translates to "Masters in Visual and Performing Arts". The degree bears this name regardless of whether the discipline studied was in the Visual Arts or the Performing Arts. This credential is thus equivalent if the discipline studied was a Performing Arts discipline.
United States
Institutions that formerly granted the Master of Performing Arts degree include: