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The UT College of Fine Arts graduate programs are among the finest in the world, offering exceptional masters and doctoral studies in a variety of disciplines. Graduate alumni are renowned artists, arts leaders and awarded scholars; with 500 graduate students enrolled, Fine Arts graduate students are engaged at the highest levels in their fields and represent the future of the creative disciplines and arts scholarship.

All Graduate Admissions applications are processed through the Graduate School. For more information about specific programs, please visit that program’s site.

Art and Art History

  • M.A. in Art Education
  • M.A. in Art History
  • M.F.A. in Studio Art
  • PhD in Art History

Contact: Clare Thoman

Butler School of Music

  • Artist Diploma
  • M.M., D.M.A. in Conducting
  • M.M., D.M.A. in Music Composition
  • M.M., D.M.A., PhD in Music & Human Learning
  • M.M., D.M.A. in Music Performance
  • M.M., PhD in Music Theory
  • M.M., PhD in Musicology/Ethnomusicology
  • Artist Diploma, M.M. in Chamber Music
  • M.M., D.M.A. in Collaborative Piano
  • M.M., D.M.A. in Jazz Performance or Composition
  • M.M., D.M.A. in Opera Coaching or Directing

Contact: Dan Seriff

School of Design and Creative Technologies

  • M.F.A. in Design
  • M.A. in Design in Health

Contact: Scott Lauger

Department of Theatre and Dance

  • M.F.A. in Dance, Design and Technology, Directing, Playwriting, Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities

  • M.A., M.F.A., PhD in Performance as Public Practice

Contact: Andrea Grapko

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