Students: 645 undergraduate and Diploma, 110 graduate and 693 non-matriculated students

Program Areas of Study: 15 areas in studio art, including film, painting and performance.

Programs: BFA, BFA Plus MAT in Art Education, Combined-Degree Program (BFA/BA or BFA/BS); MFA, MAT; Post-Baccalaureate Program; the Studio Diploma and Fifth Year programs; and Continuing Education programs.

Continuing Education: Studio art classes and workshops; high school programs; and certificate programs in graphic design and illustration.

Partnerships: The School is a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and maintains partnerships with Tufts and Northeastern universities. The ProArts Consortium offers studio courses at five other visual and performing arts schools for no additional cost. The school is also a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD).

Faculty: Approximately 135 full-and part-time; Museum School faculty are working artists who frequently exhibit nationally and internationally.

Financial Aid: SMFA is committed to helping talented and motivated students pay for school. Total financial aid awarded directly by the School in the 2008-2009 year was $5,304,905.

Alumni:The School has a long heritage of training successful artists. Distinguished alumni include Ellsworth Kelly, Doug and Mike Starn, David Lynch, Edmund Tarbell, Richard Scarry, Cy Twombly, Nan Goldin, Jim Dine, Ellen Gallagher, Sheila Pepe and Shellburne Thurber.

Recent alumni include Kristin Baker, Lalla Assia Essaydi, Matt Dilling, Omer Fast, Justin Faunce, Zach Feuer, Torben Giehler, Justin Lieberman, Neeta Madahar, Daniel Rich and Cheyney Thompson.

Mission: The mission of the School is to provide an education in the fine arts that is interdisciplinary and self-directed for motivated artists of any age, background or level of experience. This education values cultural, artistic and intellectual diversity; it embraces a wide range of media; it stresses the development of individual vision; it values the process of art making more than adherence to curricular rules; it stays deeply in touch with the international world of art. If the mission is constant, its practice is always evolving. This is an ideal school for people who are willing to break boundaries and shape the future.

Accreditation: The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is recognized by the Department of Education as an institution of higher education. SMFA is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the United States Department of Justice for foreign students, and the Veterans Administration for training under Public Law 550 and Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code. Tufts University is regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).