MFA in Design - Lighting Design in Seattle United States | University of Washington

University of Washington | Seattle United States
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD 31,707
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months

We educate aspiring scenic, costume, and lighting designers to professional standards. Our alumni excel across entertainment sectors, creating designs for theater productions, ballet performances, cinema, operatic works, and broadcast media.
Through an intensive, tailored curriculum, our students cultivate essential abilities to articulate ideas—both verbally and visually—with creative partners and viewers alike. We aim to develop thoughtful, cooperative artists of exceptional skill who approach sophisticated artistic demands with originality, mastery, and ethical consideration. Our instructors and graduates contribute throughout the entire creative industry.


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Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

Hold the minimum equivalent of a four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S. or its equivalent from a foreign institution.

Also acceptable: hold a Master's degree, a doctoral degree (Ph.D., D.Phil.), or a professional degree (M.D., J.D., D.V.M., etc.) from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S. or its equivalent from a foreign institution.

Have earned at least a 3.0 grade-point-average (on a 4 point scale) from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S. or its equivalent from a foreign institution for the last 90 graded quarter credits or 60 graded semester credits from a baccalaureate degree (for a Master's, doctoral, or professional degree, the total cumulative average may be used). TOEFL iBT: 80, IELTS: 6.5

Tuition USD 31,707

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