Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan

The School of Art & Design (A&D) has the good fortune to be among the 19 schools and colleges at the University of Michigan, a world-renowned research university. One of the youngest academic units on campus, A&D’s reach and influence have steadily grown since being established as an independent unit in 1974. A&D’s current academic programs and projects focus on generating new creative work, integrating the cultures of art and design, and engaging with the University, region, and national and international communities. Exemplary faculty and staff and a commitment to joint academic programs and joint faculty appointments with units on campus and state-of-the-art facilities support these objectives. Students at A&D learn about and continue to work with a broad range of media. And our focus on ideas is as expansive as our focus on materials and methods. A&D students have access to resources available only at a top tier university — you’ll work with leaders in creative work, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, natural resources, music, theatre, dance, law, business, medicine, education, to name a few.