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The Yale School of Art is a graduate school that confers MFAs in Graphic Design, Painting/Printmaking, Photography, and Sculpture; and offers undergraduate-level art courses to Yale College students.
Students must bring creative force and imagination to their own development, for these qualities cannot be taught—they can only be stimulated and appreciated. The School of Art offers an undergraduate art major for students in Yale College (see the bulletin Yale College Programs of Study).
The Yale School of Art is the art school of Yale University. Founded in 1869 as the first professional fine arts school in the United States, it grants Masters of Fine Arts degrees to students completing a two-year course in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture.
Admission to The School of Art requires preparation and lead time. Admission committees are made up of faculty members and facilitated by our admission team. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or a diploma from a four-year accredited art school is standard for admission.
60 credits total are required to graduate. 42 credits in your area of concentration (including Art 949a, Critical Practice), and 18 additional credits, including a minimum of 6 academic credits which can be selected from throughout the University’s rich offerings.
The Yale School of Art is a graduate school that confers Master of Fine Arts Degrees in Graphic Design, Painting/Printmaking, Photography, and Sculpture. For information on applications to the MFA program, please click the “Graduate Admission” link below.
Yale College, the undergraduate division of Yale University, offers a Bachelor of Arts degree program with a major in art. Undergraduate applicants wishing to major in art at Yale must apply to Yale College directly.
On October 15, 1869— #OTD 150 years ago—the Yale School of the Fine Arts opened its doors to be the first art school connected to a university of higher learning in the country.
Providing a compassionate education that is relevant to art making today is the school’s core mission. The School of Art recognizes that seeing and making are interrelational, transformative, and identify-forming. To this end, Yale encourages cooperation across disciplines.
Students must bring creative force and imagination to their own development, for these qualities cannot be taught—they can only be stimulated and appreciated. The School of Art offers an undergraduate art major for students in Yale College (see the bulletin Yale College Programs of Study).
