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MFA Design at Purdue University

Purdue University, United States

Programme overview

Purdue's Department of Art & Design in the Patti & Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance offers the MFA with areas in Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Interior Design and Visual Communication Design.

Faculty: Patti & Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance  |  Department: Art & Design  |  Intake: Fall (priority Jan 15 for teaching assistantships; final deadlines July international, August domestic); Spring contact department; no Summer entry  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: West Lafayette, IN, United States

What you will study

Areas of interest: Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Interior Design, Visual Communication Design.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme-specific requirements (Purdue Graduate School). Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree: 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0) Minimum of 3 undergraduate hours in Western art or design history B.A. or B.F.A. in Interior Design (required for Interior Design only) Field of study: most applicants have majored in either art or design or have equivalent experience in an art or design field. All applicants are expected to present a professional-quality portfolio. Required supporting documents: Transcripts; Recommendation Letters; Academic Statement of Purpose; Personal History Statement; Visual Portfolio:; Industrial Design/Interaction Design applicants:; PDF portfolio of design projects, please include both final designs as well as design process.; Including a variety of design skills is helpful; research, sketching, mockups, prototypes, renderings, and models; Websites are accepted but PDF portfolios are preferred.; Interior Design applicants:; Upload a digital portfolio of recent work that communicates the scale, scope, and intent of each project.; Highlight the main visualization tool(s) used such as Sketchup, Revit, Enscape, Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc., and include

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry sessions: Fall, Spring and Summer; each graduate programme sets its own application deadline.

Graduate application is online through the Purdue graduate application portal; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $75 for international applicants. Each graduate programme sets its own deadline (submission and fee payment due 11:59:59 p.m. EST). Programme recommendation deadlines for international applicants outside the U.S.: April 30 (Fall), October 15 (Spring), February 15 (Summer).

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