Apply Directly to a Degree Program
The Art Education Program offers EdM, MA, and PhD degrees and the Art History Program offers both an MA degree and a PhD degree. The Studio and Design Program offers an MFA degree with concentrations in Studio Art (Painting, Sculpture, New Media, Photography, Printmaking), Design for Responsible Innovation (formerly Graphic Design) and Industrial Design.
To learn more about our graduate admissions process, please select the program of your choice:
- Fall 2025 EdM, MA, and PhD Art Education Programs
- Fall 2025 MA and PhD Art History Programs
- Fall 2025 MFA Studio and Design Programs and MDes in Industrial Design
We offer a variety of funding packages for graduate study.
If you have any questions regarding the graduate admissions process or would like to learn more about any of the graduate programs in the School of Art & Design at the University of Illinois, please contact Ellen de Waard, Coordinator of Graduate Academic Affairs at the School of Art & Design, edewaard@illinois.edu, (217) 333-0642.
Graduate Portfolio Info Sessions for Design
Faculty in the graduate programs in Design will offer a portfolio session on Monday, December 16, 2024 from 4:00pm-5:00pm CT.
Please register here: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1888120741
You will receive a link to the online meeting room on Monday morning.
Bring some electronic portfolio materials, and/or have questions ready to ask.
For Industrial Design, this 1-hour online event will include a brief introduction to the MFA & MDES in ID programs and the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Design Thinking, as well as more specific information about what reviewers look for in application packages for each.
The introduction will discuss how these can be shown through the portfolio in combination with other parts of the application. Following this, there will be an opportunity to ask questions about the portfolio submission.
The Design for Responsible Innovation program will do either a general Q&A session or individual portfolio reviews, depending on the number of registrants. Please reserve the hour for now, but you may receive a shorter time slot within that hour.
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