About the course

Our MFA program is fundamentally cross-disciplinary and equips students with the conceptual, technical, creative, and critical skills to be successful artists and leaders across a range of fields. MFA student practices reflect the individual and unique visual arts practice and research interests of each student. Approaches to investigation span a remarkable spectrum of visual arts inquiry, spanning sculpture, installation art, coding, virtual environments, 3D modeling, photogrammetry, interactivity, video art, projection mapping, photography, experimental animation, and a myriad of other unbounded intersecting creative modalities. The CT MFA is not a commercial media or design program. We do not support commercial support of fields such as VFX or animation. Rather, we facilitate experimental, expanded, and deepened creative practice across visual arts disciplines. Creative research trajectories for our MFA students may also be informed by other programs across the university at the intersection of the arts, design, humanities, media, sciences, engineering, and culture. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 4 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2021	Blacksburg
Spring (January), 2023	Blacksburg
Fall (August), 2024	Blacksburg
Fall (September), 2024	Blacksburg
Fall (September), 2025	Blacksburg

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Virginia Tech

Three Letters of Recommendation The Graduate School’s online application process will ask for the email addresses of three references. Please have the three email addresses ready before you begin the online application. The references will be notified by the Graduate School via email and asked to upload their recommendation letter electronically. Secure your references early in the process in order to allow enough time for your references to provide letters.

　　Resume Please submit online a resume or curriculum vitae detailing your academic and professional achievements.

　　Letter of Intent Please submit online a letter of intent to the SOVA MFA Committee. State the area of specialization you’d like to pursue, whether you would like a teaching assistantship, describe your submitted work, and the academic goals you want to accomplish through graduate study at Virginia Tech. Applicants are expected to have a base competency in the Adobe Creative Suite or similar software and experience with software that is relevant to their area of interest. Include information about your knowledge and experience in your letter of intent.

　　Official Transcript(s) Submit your official transcript at the Application for Graduate Admission portal. If you are accepted for admission you will then mail a hard copy of the transcript to the Graduate School. The Graduate School must receive official transcripts (with English translations) by the appropriate application deadline.

　　TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores are required of all international students whose first language is not English, except those applicants who have graduated from an accredited university where English is the language of instruction. The university-wide minimum requirement is 80 for Internet, 213 for Computer, and 550 for paper. TOEFL scores are not required of US permanent residents and US naturalized citizens. Official test scores should be sent to the Virginia Tech Graduate School, institution code 5859. Do not enter a department code.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.0

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 80.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at Virginia Tech. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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