Admission Requirements

​Application to the MFA program is a two-part process that requires presentation of a comprehensive portfolio in addition to general University admission procedures. Admission is selective and competitive based on the number of well-qualified applicants and the limits of available faculty and facilities.

1. Students must complete the graduate application through the Office of Graduate & Professional Education.

2. Submit a portfolio to the department utilizing Slide Room, https://udart.slideroom.com/#/Login, which will be evaluated by the Graduate Faculty.

• Applicants must complete the online application including transcripts, resumé, personal statement, and three letters of recommendation through the Office of Graduate & Professional Education. Once you have submitted your application you will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours.

• After you have submitted your application to the MFA program with the Office of Graduate & Professional Education you must submit a portfolio o​nline. Be sure to upload to the MFA event.

• Portfolios may include up to twenty still images or 5-10 minutes of video: (.jpg), video (.mov, .wmv, .flv) or PDF documents. For good image quality and fast upload, images should be sized no larger than 1280 x 1280 pixels @ 72 dpi. Video files must be kept under 20MB.

• Our Sli​deRoom​ portal offers additional instruction for submitting work online. For technical assistance, contact support@slideroom.com.
  

• The Department of Art & Design does not require G.R.E. scores. Note, those who meet stated minimum academic requirements are not guaranteed admission, nor are those who fail to meet those requirements necessarily precluded from admission if they offer other appropriate strengths.

​The University of Delaware offers generous Financial Aid assistance to Art & Design graduate students. The Art & Design Department is able to give several merit-based Graduate Teaching Assistantships (tuition waiver plus a stipend in exchange for teaching and service) and Block Tuitions (tuition waiver plus the possibility of adjunct teaching). The Department works diligently to help support our MFA student and has, historically, been able to fund nearly three-quarters of our students. Please refer to the Office of Graduate & Professional Education for more information.

Important dates to remember when applying for admission to the University of Delaware and the Department of Art & Design.