Undergraduates must have a BA or a BFA from an accredited college/university in the humanities or fine arts. Overall GPA should be 3.0, with a minimum of three undergraduate art history and/or art theory courses completed. Should the applicant not have the art history requirement upon admission, he/she must take these courses on route to the MFA.
In addition to the official application to the MFA in Art, Critical and Curatorial applicants must also send a letter of intent, a writing sample, and a proposed project. Please label: ATTN Critical Curatorial Concentration.
Applications to the MFA in Art must include the following:
1. A Statement of Purpose. Length: 1000 words.
2. Three (3) letters of recommendations (recommenders must submit letters via online application).
3. A portfolio of 20 images and/or other media samples. Images must include title of the work, size, year, medium, description, and duration of the work, if time-based.
4. One copy of unofficial transcripts from the Undergraduate institution(s) attended by the applicant. Do not send official transcripts. Official transcripts will be requested if and when applicant is admitted and decide to attend UCI.
*Please note that the Personal History Statement is not required, when prompted by the system, enter Not Required. However, if you are admitted to the program and would like to be considered to receive Recruitment Fellowship funds, a Personal History Statement is necessary.
GRE is not required.
TOEFL is required for foreign applicants, with exceptions.
TOEFL iBT minimum score of 80
IELTS - An overall minimum score of 7.0 for admission, with a score of no less than 6.0 on any individual module.