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An applicant must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution, with a strong record of academic achievement, and be highly recommended by three references.

Along with your completed application, you must submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, no older than two years. All applicants whose native language is not English must submit scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

A portfolio of design and/or writing samples is required for application. For designers, we will accept work on slides (20 max), on Zip or Syquest cartridges, and/or on videotape. For writers, ten samples of writing should accompany the application form. Please clearly describe the context of the work on a separate page.

If the Admissions Committee believes that an applicant needs additional design coursework prior to entry, you may be required to take an intensive six-week design program in the last half of the summer preceding the start of the Fall semester.

We will begin reviewing applications after Feb. 1, of each year for admission in the Fall semester. A campus interview is recommended; in lieu of that, a telephone interview will suffice.

Application Packet
The a PDF of application packet is now available for download.

Contact Information
Professor Shelley Evenson (Design) and Dr. David Kaufer (English) are the Graduate Program Directors, and Anita Kulina Smith is the Graduate Program Coordinator. Each will be glad to meet with you or discuss the program by telephone or e-mail.

Anita Kulina Smith
Graduate Program Coordinator
Phone: (412) 268-6843
email: grad-info@design.cmu.edu

Prof. Shelley Evenson
Phone: (412) 268-4638
Email: evenson@andrew.cmu.edu

Prof. David Kaufer
Phone: (412) 268-2821
Email: kaufer@andrew.cmu.edu

   



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