Undergraduate Admission

Consider the Office of Undergraduate Admission as your guide.

MICA Admission Counselors are here to help you apply, prepare your portfolio, set up a virtual visit, and realize your future as a MICA student. You can reach out to the Office of Undergraduate Admission at +1-410-225-2222 or admissions@mica.edu. If you're interested in Graduate Admission at MICA, visit us here.

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Apply to MICA today for FREE! There is currently no application fee to apply directly to MICA. Applications for Spring 2025 and Fall 2025 are open. Explore our resources below to help you prepare your application for submission.

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First Year Admission

MICA offers several admission plans for First Year applicants.

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Transfer Admission

We welcome transfer students from all backgrounds and are committed to helping you make a smooth transition into MICA.

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Prep Your Portfolio

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Meet Your Admission Counselor

Do you have questions about programs of study, the application process, or your portfolio? Meet your Admission Counselor and stay connected! They are here to support and help you through the application process every step of the way.

Personal MICA Admission Counselors are assigned based on your location. Learn more about your counselor and book an appointment below.

Finance Your Education

MICA’s mission is to empower students to forge creative, purposeful lives and careers in a diverse and changing world. To do so, we have committed to make our programs available to talented students regardless of their economic backgrounds.

Explore our resources, tools and forms to help you financially plan.

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Financing Options

An undergraduate degree from one of the nation’s best art and design schools is an investment in your future. Once you’ve determined that MICA is the ideal fit for you and your family, our financial aid professionals will work with you to make your education affordable.

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Money Well Spent

The cost of attending college at a premiere art and design institution like MICA is a tremendous investment. There is also tremendous value in it. Learn how a MICA education is Money Well Spent.

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How to Apply for Financial Aid

MICA applicants do not need to wait for an admission decision before beginning the financial aid process. We highly encourage all eligible students to complete the FAFSA application for need-based aid consideration.

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Private Scholarships

Learn more about outside scholarship opportunities to help finance your MICA education.

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Explore Our Events

Virtual tours and events, online portfolio reviews and meetings, as well as on campus tours and preview days– we have multiple ways for you to learn more about MICA!

Explore MICA's Campus and Curriculum

MICA's urban campus encompasses more than one million square feet of academic, residential, and creative spaces supported by high-end tech, green sanctuaries, galleries and cafés, multi-use performance spaces, a highly active career center, and over 40,000 square feet of independent studio spaces. Combined with our flexible and customizable curriculum, MICA gives students the resources to make the world they imagine.

Virtual Tour

Explore the MICA campus and Baltimore from the comfort of your home!

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Undergraduate Programs of Study

MICA's breadth of offerings and flexible curriculum let you customize a program of study to your personal interests and long-term career goals.

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Student Space Galleries

The Student Space Gallery program provides undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to exhibit their art in one of our five gallery spaces on campus.

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Maker Spaces and Studios

From its multiple wood shops to its Digital Fabrication Studio and Green Screen Room, MICA provides students all the materials, room and tools to design and make whatever they can imagine.

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Alumni Stories

Creatives at Work

MICA alumni use their vision and skills across industries and are powering the creative economy throughout the Baltimore region - and around the world.

The Baltimore Advantage

John Waters once said of Baltimore, "You'll never discover a stranger city with such extreme style." Baltimore has guts. If you're an artist, designer, creative thinker, entrepreneur, social justice advocate, or all of the above, you'll find that Baltimore offers advantages not found in other large urban centers.

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