Master in Fine Arts and Art Studies (Master's)

Tuition is Tuition for the MFA programme is $1,800 per credit hour..

The MFA programme is offered on-campus in Boston and spans multiple tracks in design disciplines. Students engage in studio-based learning focused on information design, experience design, and data visualization. The programme emphasizes hands-on project development, critical analysis, and the integration of research methods into creative practice. Students complete a thesis project and exhibition as part of the degree requirements.

Focus areas include Information Design and Data Visualization, Experience Design, Design.

The programme requires 60 credits, distributed across studio courses, research methods, and thesis work. Students complete a thesis and exhibition as the capstone requirement.

Graduates pursue roles in information design, user experience design, data visualization, and creative direction within design studios, technology firms, and cultural institutions.

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree. A portfolio of creative work is required. Official transcripts and letters of recommendation are also needed.

The programme totals about 60 credit hours. On-campus, full-time, typically two years. For international students, tuition is around the median for US programmes.

The Boston campus dates to 1898 and is Northeastern’s founding residential campus. Located within an urban setting, it connects students with Boston’s neighborhoods and industries, as well as universities, institutes, hospitals, and technology and life sciences sectors. Public art, student clubs, recreation, and Huskies athletics contribute to campus life, while the city provides a wider setting for study and daily life.

Students can choose from majors, combined majors, and undergraduate, graduate, and PhD degrees. The campus serves as the heart of Northeastern’s global research enterprise, with collaboration across science, technology, and engineering and research directed toward global impact. The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex provides space for collaboration, and Snell Library offers renovated facilities, technologies, tools, and resources for group work. Marino Recreation Center and Matthews Arena add fitness, recreation, hockey, basketball, and other student facilities.

For international students, Boston is one point in a university network that also includes campuses in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Northeastern lists locations in Arlington, Burlington, Charlotte, London, Miami, New York City, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Toronto, and Vancouver, creating possibilities to live and learn across different cities. The Boston campus offers the broadest range of majors in the network and includes more than 400 student clubs and organizations. In Fall 2022, it had 44,000 total students, including more than 21,000 undergraduates and 18,000 graduate students.