Undergraduate Admissions, including Studio Diploma
At SMFA, you'll shape your own artistic process. With the support of advisors and mentors, you create your own individual course of study. It's a unique and rewarding process that enables you to experiment across media and evolve your art practice as you advance. Not sure which program is best for you? Read more about your options here.

Start an undergraduate application—apply online. If you are paying your application fee by check, apply with the paper application.

*Note: Dual Degree applicants apply through SMFA and Tufts separately.

Graduate Admissions, including Post-Bac Certificate
Both rigorous and highly selective, the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program will prepare you for a career as a working artist or a teacher at the college level. MFA students are enrolled at both the SMFA and Tufts University, and graduate in two or three years with an MFA degree from Tufts.

Start an MFA/Post-Bac application—apply online. If you are paying your application fee by check, apply with the paper application.

*Note: MAT applicants apply through Tufts. Specifications for your portfolio submission for the MAT is available here.

Deadlines: Download the pdf of all program deadlines.

Submitting your portfolio:  There are three options for submitting your portfolio—read more here.