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CFA DEGREES & PROGRAMS
With more than 30 programs of study, on-campus and online modalities, and a full range of undergraduate and graduate options, CFA educates artists, musicians, performers, scholars, and educators at all stages of their professional careers.
Who Are We?
With programs in Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, Boston University College of Fine Arts offers a wide array of pre-college, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates.
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The BU College of Fine Arts Experience
CFA Magazine
Making art and an impact. Discover the amazing stories of CFA's dynamic alums, friends, and faculty as well as the innovation happening right here on BU's campus.
Check out the most recent issue of CFA magazine, featuring the latest stories from the CFA Terrier community of artists, educators, and activists. Get to know BU alums acting on Broadway stages (including cover feature Sydney Lemmon), get the inside plays from a creative director for the NFL, and learn about how Grammy-nominated ensemble Palaver Strings is on a mission to address social injustice, expand music education, and build community.
And that's just the start. Find many, many more stories of alums making impacts across all fields in this issue.
CFA's Latest Stories
Explore what's new in the ever-expanding world of CFA student, faculty, and alumni news and work.
Stories of Love and Resistance on Stage at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre This Season
Lineup reflects the current moment through drama, comedy
Wheelock Family Theatre’s New Season Offers a Mix of Old Favorites, New Shows
Executive Director Nick Vargas on the year ahead and the 45th anniversary celebration
29th Annual CFA Fringe Festival Puts Women in the Spotlight
This year’s offerings—two operas and two theater productions—run through December
Boston Art Review: Fall’s Must-See Museum Shows
Boston University Art Galleries exhibition, Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá, is included in the lineup of fourteen exhibitions across New England that challenge and invite new ways of seeing
Recording of Long-Lost Opera Rediscovered by BU Researcher Now Available to Stream and Buy
El Caminante, a forgotten Latin American opera, was performed at BU for the first time in a century and has just been released by a major label
Creatives in Practice: Toni Pepe
BU's Chair of Photography and Associate Professor of Art is an artist-in-residence at the Boston Public Library’s Special Collections, where she focuses on the material life of photos and clippings that document women in the media
Photo Essay: Terriers on Their Summer Internships, Jobs
BFA Painting major Megan Kwan (CFA'27) and Theatre Arts student Delaney Jankanish (CFA'27) talk about the hands-on learning and experience they gained
Music Education is Everything to Her: Now She’s Sharing It With Others
DMA Violin Performance student Aija Reke (CFA’15,’26) traveled to Tanzania to teach students in joint music/conservation education program
Upcoming Events
There's always something going on at the College of Fine Arts! Check out all upcoming concerts, productions, exhibitions, lectures, and community events.
Information, Overload - Boston University School of Visual Arts 2025 Alumni Exhibition
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not From There) Exhibition
Information, Overload - Boston University School of Visual Arts 2025 Alumni Exhibition
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not From There) Exhibition
Solo Cello Through the Ages
BU Fall Jazz Concert
MOTION ART 2025
Information, Overload - Boston University School of Visual Arts 2025 Alumni Exhibition
CFA In The News
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