Applicants & Admitted Students
The CFA Graduate Student Experience
The Leader in Online Music and Fine Arts Degrees
The quality and excellence of a Boston University College of Fine Arts degree and the convenience of online learning.
BU was the first to pilot an online graduate degree program in music and continues to push the limits of innovation in the field with offerings in visuals arts and music. Learn more about CFA's online degrees, courses, and programs.
Non-Degree Courses
Interested in exploring the arts in an academic setting? Are you considering a graduate degree in the arts but want to test drive a course or learning modality? Do you need additional credits or professional development opportunities to advance your career? Is there a prerequisite you need to check off your list before applying to graduate school?
Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) offers online and on-campus graduate courses throughout the year. CFA welcomes professional artists, students who recently completed their undergraduate education, and mid-career professionals from other disciplines to explore course offerings and non-degree enrollment.
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CFA's Latest Stories
Explore what's new in the ever-expanding world of CFA student, faculty, and alumni news and work.
Actor Emily Deschanel Named 2025 CFA Convocation Speaker and BU Commencement Speaker
Best known for her role as Dr. Temperance Brennan on Bones, Deschanel will inspire the CFA Class of 2025 as their Convocation Speaker and will address BU’s graduating class at the 152nd Commencement ceremony
YouTube Turns 20—How Have Its 20 Billion Videos Changed Us?
CFA Dean Harvey Young shares how the platform has helped emerging artists introduce themselves and be discovered
Boston Globe feature: Fool the eye and scramble assumptions is the goal of this artist
Lucy Kim, Associate Professor of Art, Painting at BU School of Visual Arts, makes casts and paints them in incongruous ways.
Boston University School of Visual Arts Presents the 2025 Undergraduate Thesis Exhibitions
Exhibitions feature works by graduating seniors in BFA Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Design, and the BA in Art
Kahn Award in Hand, CFA School of Music Grad Returns to Her Hometown
Tuba player Nyla Mawire (CFA’25) will use the $20,000 prize to bolster music education in her hometown
Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Renowned Printmaker and CFA Professor of Art, Lynne Allen
Now, in the program’s 100th year, six Boston University researchers and scholars have received the honor
Wheelock Family Theatre’s SpongeBob The Musical receives four Elliot Norton Award nominations in design
The biggest night for Boston theater, the 42nd Elliot Norton Awards Ceremony is set for June 2 at The Huntington Theatre
Get to Know the 2025 CFA Esther B. and Albert S. Kahn Awards Recipients
The annual CFA event, being held on Tuesday, April 22, honors six students' artistic excellence and helps support their work after graduation
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Upcoming CFA Events
There's always something going on at the College of Fine Arts! Check out all upcoming concerts, productions, exhibitions, lectures, and community events.