Master’s degree · MFA
Low-Residency MFA in Visual Art
Maharishi International University · MFA in Visual Art, Maharishi International University · Fairfield, Iowa, United States
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in Visual ArtMFA
- Subject
- Fine Arts
- Format
- Low residency2½ years
- Tuition
- Not published
Low-residency program
About this program
A 68-credit, two-and-a-half-year low-residency MFA in which students work across media in remote studio courses and meet on campus for two-week residencies.
- Department
- MFA in Visual Art, Maharishi International University
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in Visual ArtMFA
- Award family
- MFAA Master of Fine Arts, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Academic level
- Master’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Fine Arts | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
Stated by the schoolHigher Learning CommissionInstitutional accreditation or recognitionUS
Scope: Institution
Study structure
- Delivery
- Low residencyMostly distance study with required periods on site (residencies). It is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Distance study with required residencies
- Campus studio required
- Not published
- Campus residencies or workshops
- Two-week on-campus studio residency in each of five semesters.
- Residency frequency
- each of the five semesters (each summer and winter)
- Residency length
- two weeks
- Residency location
- Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa
- Attendance mandatory
- Yes
- Travel expectations
- Materials and travel costs are the student's responsibility (as summarized from page).
- Online components
- Independent study courses between residencies; minimum 15 hours per week working independently in the studio.
- Additional residency costs
- Not published
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 2½ years
- Credits
- 68 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Exhibitions
- Thesis exhibition in the Wege Center for the Arts
- Campus attendance
- two-week studio residency on campus each semester
- Intakes
- July 2027
- Campus
- Fairfield campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio required
- Portfolio details
- Number of works: 15-20 images
- Interview
- Interview required
- Statement
- Statement of purpose, 1-2 pages
- Previous qualification
- BFA or BA undergraduate degree with 3.0 or higher GPA
- Documents
- Two recommendations
- Deadlines
- Apply by May 23, 2027 · July 2027
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)