MINNEAPOLIS
COLLEGE of ART and DESIGN
A Continual Process of Forming and Transforming
MCAD invites exploration and experimentation in your creative practice. Choose from courses ranging from fine arts and design to entrepreneurship and sustainability. With so many choices, where do you see yourself on this journey?
Why MCAD?
Offering a transformative education open to all backgrounds, MCAD gets you ready to confidently lead and practice in an ever-evolving world. It’s where students find their personal and professional purpose as creative leaders.
MCAD's student body includes more than 800 students from 45 states and 15 countries.
Get Involved
MCAD welcomes you. Through unique events, lectures, alumni programs, and more, there are endless opportunities for everyone to join in.
Events
MCAD alumni are accomplished makers, culture shapers, and problem solvers.
Anna Lyle
Jesús Li
Kayla Campbell
Hollie Leggett
Joshua Van Patter
Adam Smith
More than 97% of MCAD students receive some kind of financial aid. Support MCAD’s mission to offer a world-class education to all.
News
Frenchy Lunning, professor emeritus of liberal arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, will present Cosplay’s Masked Performance of Multiple Identities at the College of DuPage’s 33rd Asia Symposium, Pop Wave: Japan.