Overview

Situated within a top-twenty public research university, UConn’s Digital Media & Design Department operates at the intersection of art, technology, industry, and science. The program is designed for the graduate student who has educational or career experience in digital media and design, giving them the opportunity to intensely pursue advanced education and research in their specific area of expertise or in an interdisciplinary capacity drawing from more than one area within the digital media space. As part of the School of Fine Arts, DMD faculty and students collaborate with the departments of Music, Dramatic Arts, and Art & Art History and also have the opportunity to engage in collaborative projects with creative research and industry partners.

About This Degree

The Master of Fine Arts in Digital Media & Design at University of Connecticut is a terminal degree intended to provide educational and career-training within an experiential learning environment. The program is structured to develop an in-depth understanding of digital media aesthetics, technology, practice, procedure, design, implementation and/or research techniques employed in the areas of Digital Art, Business, Digital Humanities/Social Sciences, STEM, and Entertainment.

Programme Structure

The Master of Fine Arts in Digital Media & Design requires a two-year commitment of full-time resident graduate study. A minimum of 60 graduate level credits are required to graduate. Of these 60 credits, required courses are: DMD 5001 Digital Media Graduate Colloquium, DMD 5010 Digital Culture, and 12 credits of DMD 5015 MFA Studio Critique taken during each semester of graduate residency for a total of four times.
An additional 18 credits are selected from 5000-level DMD common courses, and 6 credits, approved by the student’s major advisor, are taken outside the department in a coherent field of study. 9 credits are taken in a combination of DMD 5099 Independent Study, which allows the student to pursue an independent project that demonstrates personal strengths and vision within the candidate’s selected area of study, or DMD 4081 Digital Media Internship is required.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-23 00:00:00
Starting 2026-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-18 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Storrs, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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6.5

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General requirements

You must hold a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from a regionally accredited college or university.The Graduate School does not require a third-party credential evaluation, however we accept evaluations from the following services:

NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) or
AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluators)

If your degree is a 3 year bachelor’s degree from India, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka or certain other countries, we will not consider the degree to be equivalent with a 4 year US bachelor’s degree. Even if the degree has been evaluated as a 4 year degree by an outside credential evaluator that is a member of NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) or AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluators), we will not consider the degree to be equivalent with a 4 year US bachelor’s degree.TranscriptsPersonal Statement of Purpose

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Tuition Fee

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International

41424 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 20712 USD per semester during 36 months.
National

41424 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 20712 USD per semester during 36 months.
In-State

19512 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9756 USD per semester during 36 months.

Living costs for Storrs

1100 - 1600 USD /month

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