BC,
Canada
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MFA (Low Residency) in Vancouver Canada | Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
|
Vancouver Canada
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD
18,988
(c. USD13,613.62)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
24 months
For analytical minds and creative practitioners seeking to elevate their artistic work, Emily Carr's MFA program offers a distinctive studio space for experimentation, investigation, and discovery. Our curriculum fosters a disciplined yet inventive approach to modern art creation while accommodating your existing practice and research goals. By merging diverse disciplines and methodologies in a studio-based research environment, our flexible, interdisciplinary MFA delivers an intensive yet nurturing experience that advances your artistic development and stimulates meaningful critical analysis.
The two-year low-residency MFA combines online learning with summer campus intensives. Students engage with dynamic digital coursework during fall and spring semesters, complemented by immersive summer residencies. This program caters to artists wishing to enhance their practice and professional networks while continuing to work within their local communities.
Through adaptable remote learning technologies and a focused summer schedule, you'll alternate between online collaboration and independent study, pursuing specialized research in fine arts or media arts. Blending the advantages of both formats, the low-residency model features summer campus sessions where you can dedicate yourself to studio work, expanding your creative investigations and material experimentation in Vancouver's vibrant setting.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
If you are applying to the Master of Fine Arts degree (including the Low Residency program,) you must hold a recognized 4 year Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Media Arts, or Bachelor of Architecture degree.
In addition, you must have demonstrated experience in fine or applied arts.
Your minimum grade point average must be 3.0 (B) or higher from an accredited university or institute.
Applicants whose first language is not English, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, must present one of the following English Language Proficiency tests:
- TOEFL iBT Internet-Based Test: minimum of 90 out of 120 points including a minimum score in each of the four skills; Speaking 22/30, Reading 22/30, Writing 22/30 and Listening 20/30.
- IELTS Academic Module International English Language Testing System: minimum band 7.0 including a minimum score in each component; Speaking 7.0, Reading 7.0, Writing 7.0 and Listening 6.5.
- CAEL Canadian Academic English Language assessment test: minimum level of 80 across all band descriptors.
- PTE Academic Pearson Test of English Academic: minimum score of 66
- CAE Cambridge English Advanced minimum overall score of 185 with a minimum score in each skill as follows: speaking 185; reading 185; writing 185; listening 176
- CPE Cambridge Proficiency Examination: minimum overall score of 185 with a minimum score in each skill as follows: speaking 185; reading 185; writing 185; listening 176
- MELAB Michigan English Language Assessment Battery: minimum level of 81
Tuition
CAD
18,988