Graduate Studies
The School of Fine Arts is a major contributor to the arts community, through student, faculty, and professional exhibitions and performances in the Art and Design Art Gallery, Swarthout Recital Hall, Bales Organ Recital Hall, and notably in The Lied Center of Kansas, which was named among the top U.S. university arts presenters by "International Arts Manager Magazine" (September 1999).
KU Fine Arts academic departments have achieved national presence: The Departments of Art and Design are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the Department of Music and Dance is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
"U.S. News and World Report" ranks the Master of Fine Arts degree 54th among the nation's 300-plus accredited institutions and the Master of Music 26th among the 500-plus accredited musical institutions.
Graduate Study in Art
The Art Department’s courses in printmaking, sculpture, painting, drawing and expanded media are taught in the 130,000 square foot Art and Design building. Mixed media, performance art, and installation art are regularly offered as part of a new concentration in expanded media.
Full-time graduate students are provided with individual studio spaces. Graduate students also have access to a photography lab (traditional and digital), woodshop (including plastic forming and metal forming facilities), slide library, exhibition gallery and computer labs, (MAC and PC.)
Graduate Study in Design
Find out more about KU's programs in design craft areas such as ceramics, metalsmithing and jewelry, and textiles, or in the applied areas of design such as interior design, theatre design, design management, and interaction design.
Graduate Study in Visual Arts Education
Find out more about KU's Visual Arts Education program which is designed to lisence graduates as K-12 art teachers.
Graduate Study in Music
Choose this option to find out more about KU's programs in voice, piano, organ, orchestra, music history, music theory, woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, and harp.
Graduate Study in Music Education & Music Therapy
Choose this option to find out more about KU's Music Education & Music Therapy programs which are designed to teach students to use their musical skills in the helping and teaching professions.
