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DECEMBER 1
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One of the best ways to prepare your application for graduate studies is to
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meet with us prior to submitting your materials. We are available in-person and
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virtually to help you through the process at every step. Some ways to connect:
Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts
CAMPUS TOURS Journie Nikala Kirdain Seattle, Salem, Chicago
Master of Arts in Art Therapy & Counseling
Master of Fine Arts in Fashion, Body & Garment
Join graduate admissions staff year-round for a tour of SAIC’s downtown Chicago campus. Current graduate students will be your guides, highlighting
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departments, studios, facilities, and special collections across campus and
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answering any questions you may have.
IN-PERSON EVENTS Join us on-campus and at events around the country, including National Portfolio Days for prospective students who would like to get feedback on their portfolio.
VIRTUAL EVENTS Teresa Fleming
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We offer a variety of virtual events including an application preparation series, program deep-dives, and Student Financial Services online information sessions. For more information: saic.edu/grevents
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Master of Fine Arts in Studio • Architecture • Art and Technology / Sound Practices • Ceramics • Comics • Design for Emerging Technologies • Designed Objects • Fiber and Material Studies • Film, Video, New Media, & Animation • Painting and Drawing • Performance • Photography • Printmedia • Sculpture • Visual Communication Design Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio • Art & Technology / Sound Practices • Ceramics • Fiber & Material Studies • Painting and Drawing • Performance • Printmedia • Visual Communication Design Historic Preservation Certificate
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• Statement of Purpose
Master of Architecture • Architecture Track • Interior Architecture Track
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• Online Application
JANUARY 10
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO GRADUATE ADMISSIONS
BASIC APPLICATION PROCEDURE
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
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POSSIBILITIES
INSPIRATION
At the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, we recognize
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
that today’s artists are not only makers of images, objects, and events, but designers of cities, public spaces, scholars of visual languages, and producers of global culture. Our
As a graduate student at the School of the Art
students are inventors, explorers, and thinkers.
Institute of Chicago (SAIC), you will focus, study
As a student, you will develop a deep understanding of historical contexts while imagining new frameworks, ideas
Low-Residency MFA
CREATING CONNECTIONS
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Architecture
intensively, and learn from some of the most renowned faculty artists, designers, scholars,
Master of Architecture Architecture Track Interior Architecture Track
Art & Technology / Sound Practices
Master of Design
Ceramics
Designed Objects
influencers, and innovators in the world. They
Comics
and forms. Above all, you will be encouraged to cross
are mentors and educators, but equally, peers
Design for Emerging Technologies
disciplines and explore concepts unbound to any one
and collaborators, offering real-world insight
Designed Objects
because they are experienced practitioners
Fiber & Material Studies
Master of Arts
who have been in your position before. They
Film, Video, New Media, & Animation
Art Education
know what it’s like to re-evaluate their work
Painting & Drawing
Teaching
Performance
Art Therapy & Counseling
Photography
Arts Administration & Policy
Printmedia
Modern & Contemporary Art History
Sculpture
Dual Degree Arts Administration & Policy and Modern & Contemporary Art History Visual & Critical Studies
medium or academic department.
and they are passionate about informing the process from conception to execution through unabashed discourse and critique.
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INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE
Master of Fine Arts in Fashion, Body and Garment
You will have the opportunity to cross
CHICAGO
boundaries between disciplines. A course in photography could help you to see
A VIBRANT CITY
architecture more clearly. Or an art history seminar could expose you to the alternative
spaces, provides an ideal backdrop for young artists. There are
awareness, and understanding much greater
key international venues for contemporary art and design,
than any single-discipline approach could
including the Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing; Museum of
provide, your work will grow, your ability
Contemporary Art, Chicago; Renaissance Society; and the Museum
to adapt will strengthen and your path to
of Contemporary Photography. And with our Visiting Artists
success in today’s world will be confirmed.
Lectures, the Siskel Film Center, and our SAIC Galleries, SAIC holds a prominent position in the Chicago art and design community, which Zirou Zhang
helps our students gain access to many areas of the professional art world locally and beyond.
For details on individual programs, visit saic.edu/gradapp
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS:
blue-chip galleries as well as younger galleries and alternative
therapist. By providing you with a context,
Historic Preservation
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Historic Preservation Certificate
Chicago’s active art and design scene, which includes established
peer perspectives of an artist, curator, or
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Master of Fine Arts in Writing
Master of Science
SAIC is proud to be considered “The most influential art school in the United States” by Columbia University’s Art Critics National Arts Journalism Survey.
US News and World Report
#2 B est Fine Arts Program Among Independent Art and Design Colleges #2 in Painting & Drawing #3 in Photography #4 in Sculpture #5 in Time-Based Media / New Media #6 in Printmaking
QS World University Rankings #11 Art and Design
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