{"id":7408,"date":"2022-06-30T10:23:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?page_id=7408"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:21:46","slug":"admissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/vasi\/admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply to VASI"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>VASI Application Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Applications for VASI 2026 are <strong>OPEN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/vasi\/admissions\/application\/\">Apply now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about VASI, please email <a href=\"mailto:buvasi@bu.edu\">buvasi@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5>THE APPLICATION TO VASI INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Online application<\/li>\n<li>A brief essay, submitted with the online application<\/li>\n<li>$80 application fee (personal check, bank check or money order) made payable to \u201cBoston University\u201d.\u00a0 The fee can be mailed to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Boston University College of Fine Arts<br \/>\nVisual Arts Summer Institute<br \/>\n855 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 552<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02215<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One letter of recommendation from a teacher or someone who has supervised the applicant in art-related activities or other academic work. The recommender can send their letter to the above address, or to <a href=\"mailto:buvasi@bu.edu\">buvasi@bu.edu<\/a>, with the subject: \u201cVASI Recommendation: Student Name\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Application Deadline<\/h5>\n<p><span>VASI applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Applications are not considered complete until all parts of the application, including the application fee and letter of recommendation, are received. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed and therefore not offered an admission decision.<\/p>\n<h5>Vaccination Policy<\/h5>\n<p>Boston University requires all students, faculty, and staff to be vaccinated (or to have received an approved vaccination exemption for religious or medical reasons) to be eligible to participate in BU programming. Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/covid\/\">bu.edu\/covid<\/a> for more vaccination information.<\/p>\n<h5>International Applicants<\/h5>\n<p>English proficiency tests are required for admittance, and follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/apply\/international\/#Tests\">BU undergraduate minimum requirements<\/a>. Please email a scanned copy of your official score to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:buvasi@bu.edu\">buvasi@bu.edu<\/a>\u00a0along with your other application materials. Students requiring a visa for travel to the United States are able to attend VASI on a tourist\/visitor visa. For travel and identification purposes, international students should carry both their passport and visa with them while traveling and during their stay in Boston.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/vasi\/admissions\/application\/\">Apply now<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Contact Us<\/h5>\n<p>If you have any questions about the VASI program, please contact us at: <a href=\"mailto:buvasi@bu.edu\">buvasi@bu.edu<\/a>, or\u00a0617 353 3371.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VASI Application Requirements Applications for VASI 2026 are OPEN. Apply now If you have questions about VASI, please email buvasi@bu.edu. THE APPLICATION TO VASI INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: Online application A brief essay, submitted with the online application $80 application fee (personal check, bank check or money order) made payable to \u201cBoston University\u201d.\u00a0 The fee can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14125,"featured_media":0,"parent":2365,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7408"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7408"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128251,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7408\/revisions\/128251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=7408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}