BFA Dance at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Programme overview

The BFA program in Dance offers intense dance training, multicultural movement practices, and meaningful interactions with faculty that prepare students to enter the world of dance as professional dancers and informed citizens. Each year of the students’ education has a theme that designates a gestalt of competencies designed to progress yearly through the curriculum.

Faculty: College of Fine & Applied Arts | Department: Dance | Duration: 130 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Champaign, IL, United States

What you will study

Requires 130 credit hours. Required courses listed include FAA 101 Arts at Illinois; DANC 150 The Green Room (variable & repeatable); DANC 160 Dancing Techniques I (variable & repeatable); DANC 256 Choreographic Laboratory I; DANC 260 Dancing Techniques II (variable & repeatable).

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Application information

Entry requirements

is to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign through College of Fine and Applied Arts; the catalogue entry lists no separate programme-specific admission requirements.

Domestic applicants: USD 14,912 a year (2026-27). Illinois resident rate. Tuition only for undergraduates entering Summer/Fall 2026 (guaranteed tuition rate; earlier entry terms pay lower guaranteed rates). Non-Illinois U.S. resident tuition for this programme: $37,588. Excludes campus and mandatory fees Source

International applicants: USD 38,630 a year (2026-27). International rate. Tuition only for undergraduates entering Summer/Fall 2026 (guaranteed tuition rate; earlier entry terms pay lower guaranteed rates). Excludes campus and mandatory fees, health insurance, housing and other expenses as the source states Source

First-year students enter in the fall term; the first-year application opens September 1. Spring transfer admission is offered with an application deadline of October 1 and fall transfer admission with a final deadline of April 1.

First-year applications open September 1. Early Action deadline November 1 (materials by November 7); Regular deadline January 5 (materials by January 11). Early Action decisions by January 29; Regular decisions by February 26; commit deadline May 1.

Spring transfer: application opens September 1, deadline October 1, materials by October 15, online programmes deadline December 1. Fall transfer: opens January 15, priority deadline February 1, final deadline April 1 (materials by April 5), online programmes deadline July 15.

First-year applicants apply through the Common App. The application fee is $75, or an approved fee waiver sent by a counselor. The ACT and SAT are optional for all first-year applicants, including international students.

Graduate applicants apply online through the Graduate College application; deadlines and term availability are set by each programme. Medicine, law and veterinary medicine applicants apply directly to their colleges.

Apply through the official page: https://faa.illinois.edu/student-resources/future-students/

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