Graduate Admissions

From Student to Active Professional

15 exceptional graduate programs in the arts, media, education, the business of the arts, and the application of the arts to healing.

Through rigorous advanced study, Columbia graduate students make the crucial transition from student to active professional, and our alumni are resilient, flexible and independent practitioners who understand the standards and expectations recognized by their professional community. As a graduate student at Columbia, you will have ample opportunity to engage with these professional communities through internships, student teaching, clinical work, exhibitions, editorial work on journals, or networking with practicing professionals.

Our faculty and students tell Columbia's story better than anyone else.

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  • Calling all bakers! We're having a bake sale next Tuesday for Valentines Day and all profits go towards PGA. If you'd like to donate a plate or cookies or some brownies (or whatever delicious treats you can make) or simply your time to help out that day, let us know. The more the merrier!

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  • The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded two grants to Columbia College Chicago! This funding, totaling $40,000, will support the Brick and Motor Cities project of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and international contemporary dance residencies at The Dance Center.

    2 days ago

  • Hey grad students who are thinking about teaching after graduation: Don't forget tomorrows Brain Food that addresses that very topic. RSVP today as seats are filling up.

    2 days ago

  • Poetry MFA candidate Brian Miles walks us through his first day of teaching undergraduate students.

    1 week ago