Overview

About the program

The program at the University of Notre Dame encourages student initiatives in research and teaching that seek new paradigms of literacy through a critical and creative exploration of emerging forms of image making. The interdisciplinary structure of the curriculum encourages students to explore a range of related media in pursuit of their creative objectives.

The MFA program is a three-year fine arts curriculum in which photography students formally interact with other graduate students in the department through visiting artist seminars, contemporary history and criticism classes, exhibitions, critiques and studio practice. All students acquire undergraduate teaching experience over three years. Proficiencies in digital still and video technologies are expected while traditional darkroom processes remain a valuable creative component to the program.

Facilities

The Photography program is located in the Riley Hall of Art and Design. The facilities include computer labs, black & white darkrooms; two well-equipped lighting studios with digital capture stations and a digital printing lab operated by the Center for Creative Computing. A full-time technician maintains the facility and manages the equipment check-out room. Available equipment includes film & digital still cameras, assorted lenses, video cameras, sound recording kits, Wacom tablets, tripods and portable lighting kits. In addition, all graduate students have an individual studio space. The program operates The Photography Gallery, which exhibits work by artists nationwide throughout the academic year.

Amenities

The Snite Museum of Art, located on campus, has an excellent collection of nineteenth-century photographs and regularly exhibits both historical and contemporary photography.
Chicago is very accessible to view museum exhibitions and attend gallery openings. Notre Dame, located in South Bend, IN, is 90 miles east of Chicago, 1 3/4 hours by car.
The Art, Art History & Design Department has an active visiting artist and scholars program, bringing a speaker to campus every few weeks.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Professional Practices

Painting/Printmaking Seminar

Photography Seminar

Sculpture/Ceramic Seminar
VCOM and ID Seminar

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-27 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

South Bend, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Application must be done online. Submit a portfolio of twenty slides through SlideRoom, and send three letters of recommendation, a letter of intent, and transcripts to The Graduate School.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required for admission to our M.F.A.

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Tuition Fee

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64356 USD/year

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64356 USD/year

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Living costs for South Bend

885 - 1432 USD /month

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