MFA Dance at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Programme overview

The MFA Curriculum is designed to promote a candidate’s progress through our stated objectives: Choreographing, Communicating, Moving, Teaching, Community Building, and Career Planning. Included in these are courses in dance studies, somatics, pedagogy, and two semesters devoted to an innovative lab team taught by our faculty and designed in collaboration with students.

Faculty: College of Fine and Applied Arts | Study mode: full-time | Location: Champaign, IL, United States

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Entry requirements

Prerequisites for admission to the MFA program are: An undergraduate degree and significant experience in dance is required. Demonstrated choreographic achievement and potential to make innovative contributions to the field. Demonstrated potential to engage in critical thinking and writing. A minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4 point scale, computed from the last 60 hours of undergraduate work and any graduate work completed. International students must be eligible for full status admission. International students who receive a TOEFL score greater than 103 on the internet-based test, 257 on the computer-based test, or 613 on the paper test are eligible for full status admission. Students with these scores are exempt from the English as a Second Language Placement Test. The GRE is not required. Faculty Research Interests An extraordinary faculty of artists,

Domestic applicants: USD 16,092 a year (2026-27). Illinois resident rate. Tuition only for new and continuing graduate students, Fall 2026-Spring 2027 at full-time (12 credit hours per term). Non-Illinois U.S. resident tuition for this programme: $33,388. Excludes campus and mandatory fees, health insura Source

International applicants: USD 33,388 a year (2026-27). International rate. Tuition only for new and continuing graduate students, Fall 2026-Spring 2027 at full-time (12 credit hours per term). Excludes campus and mandatory fees, health insurance, housing and other expenses as the source states them separately Source

Not all graduate programmes offer admission in all terms; term availability is set by each programme of study.

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://grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply

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