Elevate your skills with our groundbreaking MFA program, a unique collaboration between the Schools of Visual Communication, Emerging Communication Technologies, and Media Arts & Studies in the Scripps College of Communication. Designed for media professionals with substantial experience, our three-year program broadens your production skills and complements them with contextual knowledge, preparing you to better navigate our rapidly evolving media landscape.
Benefit from our state-of-the-art facilities and a curriculum rooted in creativity, personalized learning, and hands-on experience. Our program equips students for industry leadership, creative dexterity, and/or an academic career. Refine your cutting-edge production skills, engage in comprehensive creative projects, and gain invaluable teaching experience in one of the country's top communication colleges.
Set in picturesque Athens, Ohio, our nationally ranked Scripps College of Communication offers an innovation-centric learning environment like no other.
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and step into the future of communication media arts.
Application deadline: January 1.
Explore Our Schools
The MFA is a cross-disciplinary program that includes faculty from several programs including the School of Visual Communication, Media Arts & Studies, and Emerging Communication Technologies in the Scripps College of Communication, and the Schools of Art + Design, Theater, and Film in the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts.
Learn in our state-of-the-art facilities
Experience an immersive learning environment in our state-of-the-art facilities. Here, you'll gain access to cutting-edge technology, studios, and labs dedicated to different areas of media production. Our modern infrastructure promotes hands-on learning, fostering innovation, creativity, and collaboration - equipping you for a future at the forefront of the communication industry.
About the Director
Experience Global and Interdisciplinary Learning
Our MFA program takes pride in fostering a diverse community of learners. We have welcomed students from nearly every continent across the globe, underlining our commitment to intercultural and interdisciplinary learning.
Embrace this global perspective and enrich your learning experience.
Grow and Inspire
Transformative Experiences
Athens, Ohio
Athens Ohio may be most well-known as the home of Ohio University, but this buzzing little city is much more than a college town. For anyone looking to enjoy nature, art, culture and history, Athens Ohio is the perfect destination with notable nature experiences like Hocking Hills and Strouds Run , and the Adena bikeway ; a rich historical landscape including the Little City of Black Diamonds and the Athens Lunatic Asylum; as well as eclectic art and music opportunities for all sorts of tastes – including Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch , Passion Works Studios , the Dairy Barn , and the Kennedy Museum of Art . Discover the charm of Athens as an eclectic haven!
Ohio University
Nestled amidst rolling hills and verdant forests, Ohio University offers more than a graduate degree — it promises an experience that becomes part of your identity. In Athens, city, campus, and community converge for an unparalleled experiential learning opportunities. Our MFA forces you out of the classroom and into the community – sharpening your skills with practice and experience, enhancing your portfolio, not just your GPA. The Scripps College of Communication and the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts are renown for their work with the community and across the university. As we like to say, “Communication doesn’t work if you don’t have anything authentic to communicate”.