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Graphic design requires active thinking and making. Our dedicated faculty, vibrant curriculum, and well-equipped studio environment help MFA designers build deep formal skills, nimble thinking strategies, and rich professional portfolios. Graduates of the program work nationally and internationally as creative practitioners, educators, and thought leaders.
Program Overview
足球游戏_中国足彩网¥体育资讯's Graphic Design MFA is an incubator for design research and personal growth within the context of a leading US art college. The 60-credit curriculum includes structured studio courses, critical seminars, and guided independent work. In electives offered by the GD MFA program and across 足球游戏_中国足彩网¥体育资讯, students explore typography, UI/UX, publication design, motion graphics, letterpress, screenprinting, illustration, social design, and more. Every semester, visiting designers and critics infuse GD MFA’s core program with new perspectives.
Today’s designers confront exciting creative and intellectual challenges across diverse media and environments. 足球游戏_中国足彩网¥体育资讯's two-year MFA program provides an extraordinary setting for developing critical ideas about the history, future, and social uses of visual communication.
Who Should Apply
足球游戏_中国足彩网¥体育资讯’s Graphic Design MFA program serves designers seeking to expand their capacity as visual communicators and work creatively in the profession. Selected from an international pool of applicants, students include experienced designers seeking to deepen their skills and perspectives, recent graduates of intensive design programs, and creative thinkers from related disciplines such as data science, photography, journalism, and the fine arts.
STEM OPT for International Students
足球游戏_中国足彩网¥体育资讯’s Graphic Design majors are eligible to apply for a 24-month STEM OPT Extension. Designers can apply for the extension while completing their first year of OPT.