MFA in Design

For International Student Only: The School of Visual Arts strongly recommends that international academic records be evaluated by one of the following approved external evaluation agencies 1.SpanTran: Course-by-course evaluations for college transcripts. 2.Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE): Course-by-course evaluations for college transcripts. 3.World Education Services (WES): Course-by-course evaluations for college transcripts.

Bachelor's Certificate

Applicants must submit official transcripts from each college or university they’ve attended. In order to be considered official, transcripts must come directly from the institution(s).

Applicants are required to submit three letters of recommendation from instructors or practicing professionals.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a portfolio that reflects a wide range of design work and fluency in type and typography. Applicants must upload their portfolio (still images, gifs and/or videos) to the Graduate Admissions SlideRoom account. SlideRoom will allow you to create an inventory of works with the following information for each file: title, date, medium, dimensions or running time, and optional notes. 1. Please submit 15–20 images for your SlideRoom portfolio. These images should be JPEG, PNG or GIF format (not to exceed 5MB each in file size, please do not upload multi-page PDFs) and approximately 1920 x 1080 pixels. 2.Application portfolios will be reviewed by the committee of faculty and alumni. 3.Please list your optional Vimeo links in the provided form in your SlideRoom account.

Applicants must submit a résumé, which should include professional experience as well as related activities such as research, awards and exhibitions.

Applicants must submit a Statement of Purpose (250-500 words) describing their reason for pursuing graduate study.

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