Program Description

The Interdisciplinary Practices and Emerging Forms (IPEF) Program was created to support artists whose practice is between or beyond traditional media. Our operating premise is to embrace new methods, venues, technologies, strategies, and activities in art that cross boundaries and question the conventions of what art is. As such, we encourage non-traditional applicants, whether they have worked or studied in other fields, or are interested in pursuing hybrid or cross-disciplinary research. We are interested in individuals who prioritize project-based research and incorporate a wide range of methods, tools, and materials to achieve their desired outcomes. The MFA program in Interdisciplinary Practices and Emerging Forms (IPEF) is an Open Laboratory created for creative research, promoting experimentation in the widest range of cultural production. Recognizing that the influence of ubiquitous information, geopolitics, and technology has profoundly changed the ways in which we understand and engage the world, contemporary practice has expanded to respond to those influences with new languages, tools, and hybrid forms. Our graduates work collaboratively and individually in an intensive, critical environment. Students are encouraged to explore and combine systems of knowledge, to challenge conventions of production and presentation, to identify new fields of investigation as well as new media, and to embrace experimentation as an operating premise.  

Admission Requirements

• BA, BFA or BS in any field from a US accredited institution with a minimum of 3.0 (B) GPA earned in the last 60 hours of coursework.
• A portfolio of work completed in the applicant’s major area of concentration and a statement of intent. The School of Art evaluates and admits MFA candidates primarily on the basis of the applicant’s portfolio and statement.
• A numbered list of portfolio work with the following information submitted as a PDF:
  • Title
  • Date completed
  • Medium
  • Dimensions

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5

Remarks:

• Total 30 Credits program
• Yearly tuition fee is given
• I20(Visa Letter) can be obtained only after submitting a bank statement with a balance of USD $40,674.
• Official documents required