
PLEASE NOTE:
The following
Graduate Departments are no longer accepting applications for Fall 2010 entry:
- MFA Art Criticism and Writing
- MAT Art Education
- MFA Art Practice
- MPS
Art Therapy
- MPS Branding
- MFA Computer Art
- MFA
Design
- MPS Digital Photography
- MPS Digital Photography Online/Summer Residency
- MFA Fine Arts
- MFA
Interaction Design
- MFA Illustration
- MPS
Live Action Short Film
- MFA Photography,
Video and Related Media
- MFA Social Documentary Film
The
following Graduate Departments have rolling admissions* and are still
accepting new applications for Fall 2010 entry: *
Applications for departments who have rolling admissions will
be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis as space remains
available in the program.

- Please note that incomplete applications will not be reviewed. All required application
materials (except the online application and application fee) must be
received together in one package by the Office of Graduate Admissions.
- After January 15, 2010, all applications to the Fall 2010 semester will
be accepted and processed on a first-come, first-served basis, as space remains
available in the programs

All Graduate applicants to the Fall 2010
semester are required to complete the online application form and
submit the nonrefundable $80 application fee using a credit card. The online application is available at the following link: https://www.applyweb.com/apply/svag/ (Note: The online application is not
officially submitted until valid credit card information has been
supplied. Upon completion of this, an online confirmation is sent. We
strongly recommend that applicants print this out and keep it with
their records.)
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Please mail all admissions materials in enough time to ensure that they will be received no later than January 15, 2010.
- All required application materials must be received together in one package
by the Office of Graduate Admissions.
Submissions by Mail: Due to the high volume of applications and mail
received on a daily basis and the time it takes to process, the Office
of Graduate Admissions cannot conduct status checks via phone, fax, or
e-mail. Applicants are encouraged to submit materials via a trackable
method (such as certified mail, priority mail, UPS, etc.) and use those
tracking numbers to follow-up on their own. All materials should be
sent to:
Office of Graduate Admissions
School of Visual Arts
209 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010-3994
Submissions In-Person: If you are in the New York area, you may drop
off your materials in person to the main Admissions Office located on
the first floor of the 209 East 23rd Street building (between 2nd and
3rd Avenues). The office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Applicants who have completed the application process by January 15,
2010, will receive an admission decision, in writing, by April 1,
2010. The College does not disclose admissions decisions via phone,
fax or e-mail. All admission decision letters are sent to the “mailing
address” provided by applicants on the online application. To avoid
delays in notification, applicants who move or change addresses during
the application process should contact Graduate Admissions via e-mail
(gradadmissions@sva.edu) with an update of their contact information.
Note: All application materials become the property of the School of Visual Arts and will not be returned.

IMPORTANT DATES: 2009 - 2010 Saturday, October 24, 2009 Graduate Information Sessions
Saturday, November 7, 2009 Graduate Information Sessions
Thursday, December 3, 2009 MPS Digital Photography Online/Summer Residency program online information session
Friday, January 15, 2010 Priority Deadline for Fall 2010 applications. Monday, January 18, 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Day: College closed.Friday, February 5, 2010 Deadline for Fall 2010 applications to the MFA Interaction Design program. Thursday, April 1, 2010 Admissions Notification - Applicants who have completed the application process by January 15, 2010, will receive an admission decision, in writing, by April 1, 2010.
- The College does not disclose admissions decisions via phone, fax or e-mail.
- All admission decision letters are sent to the “mailing address” provided by applicants on the online application. To avoid delays in notification, applicants who move or change addresses during the application process should contact Graduate Admissions via e-mail (gradadmissions@sva.edu) with an update of their contact information.
Thursday, April 15, 2010 Reply date for Fall 2010 accepted graduate students. Enrollment fees are processed as space in each program remains available.
Sunday, August 1, 2010 Deadline for enrolled students to pay Fall 2010 tuition. Please contact the Office of Student Account at 212.592.2415 if you have questions regarding your tuition bill. Tuesday, September 7, 2010 First day of classes
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