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MFA Fine Arts at University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Programme overview

The two-year Master of Fine Arts program at Penn is focused on the professional development of studio artists. Through studio work, seminar courses, international residency opportunities, and interactions with vital working artists, the program provides an open intellectual framework to foster critical awareness and independent methods of artistic research. Students extend their conceptual strategies while inventing and then refining their own hybridized forms of art-making methods.

Faculty: Stuart Weitzman School of Design  |  Duration: 19 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 19 course units in total. Listed required courses include FNAR 5010 Graduate Studio I; FNAR 7010 Graduate Critique I; FNAR 5020 Graduate Studio; FNAR 7020 Graduate Critique; FNAR 6010 Graduate Studio; FNAR 7030 Graduate Critique.

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Application information

USD 65,774 a year (2026-27). Weitzman School of Design full-time tuition for Fall 2026-Spring 2027. Excludes General Fee ($4,268), Clinical Fee ($770) and living expenses. Source

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