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MFA Visual Arts at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

The Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts focuses on the practice and production of studio art and its contextualization within contemporary practices and critical discourse. The Department of Visual Arts consists of artists and art historians with national and international reputations. Faculty have studios on campus, facilitating student access to their instructors’ professional art practices.

Faculty: Media, Art, and Performance  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Career pathways

Some of our graduates have participated in international artist residencies.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants for the MFA program must hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or equivalent. Applicants must submit a portfolio, artist statement, letter of intent, transcripts, references, and language proficiency (if applicable.) For more information about portfolio requirements, please refer to supplementary material required for admission. For more information about admission requirements, refer to the graduate calendar .

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

Graduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). The application portal opens in the first week of August for Fall, the first week of February for Winter and the first week of April for Spring/Summer, in the year before the start.

Undergraduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). Indigenous Education and Nursing do not admit to the spring/summer term; Bachelor of Social Work admits to the fall term only.

Faculty of Graduate Studies programmes without their own deadline: Spring/Summer March 1, Fall July 1, Winter November 1. Some programmes have their own deadlines, for example Aging Studies March 31, History March 31, Anthropology January 31 (Fall) and September 30 (Winter), English February 15 (Fall) and October 15 (Winter). Applications are made online through the application portal.

The graduate application fee is $125, paid online before documents can be uploaded.

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