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Apply to a Graduate Program

We are committed to training artists, designers, educators, critics, curators, and historians of visual art and culture at the highest professional levels.

Apply Directly to a Degree Program

Art Education offers EdM, MA, and PhD degrees; Art History offers MA and PhD degrees; Studio Art offers an MFA degree with concentrations in Painting, Sculpture, New Media, Photography, Printmaking; Design for Responsible Innovation (formerly Graphic Design) and Industrial Design both offer MFA degrees. Industrial Design also offers an MDes (STEM coded) degree.

To learn more about our graduate admissions process, please select the program of your choice:

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.

Domestic students applying to PhD and MFA programs may qualify for an application fee waiver through the FreeApp program. For more information look click here.

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Information Sessions for Prospective Graduate Students

Information sessions for prospective Fall 2026 PhD, MA, EdM, MDes and MFA applicants are being offered remotely via zoom.

Please register in advance for one of the following dates, and you will receive a zoom link on the day of the session:

 

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