WHY MIAD

This is a place where what you make matters, where every piece has value. We’ll nurture your vision in a community dedicated to shaping your creative life and career. Our faculty will inspire, motivate, educate and prepare you for a future as a professional artist or designer. You’ll have opportunities to take on real-world projects, internships and service learning with notable organizations and business partners who recognize MIAD’s impact on the region’s creative vitality and its vibrant design community. We arm our students with the creative problem solving and innovative skills desired by many of today’s employers and useful in entrepreneurial endeavors, and we are committed to educating those who will influence contemporary society.

Your MIAD education will be both personal and professional. It will be the start of the lifelong pursuit of your creative career where you’ll watch your ideas transform from sketches to rich, inventive reality. We encourage you to join us.