Learn together.
Be a part of our 2025 cohort.
Apply for Fall 2025 before the January 15 Priority Deadline for earliest consideration.
MFA DSI is a graduate social design program that asks:
- How can design offer pathways that shift us towards healthy, equitable systems?
- What conditions and collaborations enable communities, systems, and nature to thrive?
- How can social design increase care and our capacity
for change?
EVENTS
SVA Graduate Programs Portfolio Review & Info Session: BOSTON
Saturday, November 16 (11 – 4pm) @ Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington ave, Boston, MA 02115
Join our combined School of Visual Arts graduate departments for an in-person portfolio review and information session in Boston, MA. Prospective graduate students can get feedback on their portfolio and speak with graduate department representatives about curriculum, SVA campus life and new interdisciplinary options.
SVA Graduate Studies Info Session & Open House 2024
Join our info session featuring 16 SVA Graduate Programs on Saturday, December 7 from 1 -4 p, EST at the SVA Graduate Center, 136 W 21st Street, NYC.
Hear more about MFA Design for Social Innovation program and learn more about what a degree in social design can do for you (and our futures) and why we need more creative leaders.
Ask Us Anything! Info Session for Fall 2025.
Join our DSI info session on Thursday, December 12 from 8 – 9 am EST on Zoom (Registration is required to receive the zoom link).
Drop into this virtual event to find out why socially-minded designers and thinkers from around the globe are coming to DSI and why you should plan to submit your application by January 15.
Global Guest Lectures: Somi Kim
Somi Kim is a design strategist who aligns business goals and human values. Most recently she was Senior Director, Healthcare and Enterprise Solutions at Johnson & Johnson, where she championed design solutions with real world impact for 15 years across sectors, including Consumer Health, Pharmaceuticals, Global Public Health and Medical Devices.
