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Prepare for an influential role in the design world of today and tomorrow. Be part of a vibrant learning collective and connect with the NYC design community long before graduation day.

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Type
Graduate, MFA
Start Term
Fall Only
Credits
60
Duration
2 years (possibility for extension)
Courses
Plan of Study
School and Department
School of Design,
Graduate Communications Design

A Perspective-Shifting Experience

Develop your distinct design voice through practice in visual language, innovative processes, and emerging technologies while building a significant body of work. 

Join a Collaborative Learning Community

Among students from a wide variety of fields, with a range of interests and experiences, you’ll collaborate closely and form relationships that foster creative exchange and mutual support during the program and long after. 

“One of the most impactful parts of my experience at Pratt was its incredible community. Nothing fuels my creativity more than being surrounded by people from diverse backgrounds with unique perspectives and a shared openness to collaboration and idea exchange.”

Grace Hopkins, MFA Communications Design ’21
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Connect with NYC’s Creative Network 

Make inroads in the New York City design space through well-regarded public-facing events that create platforms for student work. Opening dialogues with industry professionals and the design community, you’ll form connections that will last beyond graduation.

Learn from Designers Shaping the Industry Today

You’ll work alongside professors who actively practice in graphic design, typography, book design, service design, UX/UI design, interaction design, digital publishing, branding, design strategy, writing, curating, research, and more. Within this interdisciplinary environment, you’ll find purpose and direction in your design practice.

A Celebrated Legacy in Design

Pratt Institute is an established authority in the design world with programs that equip students to lead in their industries. We have been educating designers for more than 40 years and are recognized as one of the top five most influential schools today in a survey of 10,000 design professionals by Graphic Design USA magazine.

The department’s graduates form a network of designers whose work influences the field today, including Stefan Sagmeister, Arem Duplessis, Cheryl D. Holmes Miller, Lance Wyman, Joseph Cuillier III, Aryn Beitz, Anuthin Wongsunkakon, and many others.

Customizable Curriculum

Our students come from many different disciplines and backgrounds, and our curriculum is designed to support that diversity. We encourage you to integrate your life experience, questions, and purpose into your design work and shape your own direction in communication design.

“Pratt encouraged students from diverse career backgrounds, so I wasn’t alone in pivoting to design. It was great to have writers, doctors, fashion designers, engineers, film makers, all at the same table talking about design.”

Shikha Subramaniam, MFA Communications Design ’17
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STEM-designated Program

In our STEM-designated program, students gain the technical expertise and experience with cutting-edge technology, research methods, and critical practices that equips them to be design innovators.

Student Work

Change Your Gaze

An MFA Communications Design class explores new ways of thinking and making, finding collaborators in the natural world.

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After Graduation

This program lays the foundation for both professional practice and academic careers. You will find our graduates at the tops of their fields in print and digital media, typography, identity systems and branding, design strategy, social media, interaction design, motion design, environmental design, data visualization, information design, and user experience design. Graduates move on to a diverse selection of companies and institutions while many others become entrepreneurs, founding their own businesses.

Career Support for Life

Students and alumni can schedule one-on-one appointments with career strategists in Pratt’s Center for Career and Professional Development. A career strategist can work with you to develop your job/internship search strategies and life and business plans, as well as review résumés, cover letters, websites, and other marketing materials.

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News

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First Moves

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First Moves: Graphic Designer Grace Hopkins ’21

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Finding Her Way to Design, and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Work

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Pivot Points

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Change Your Gaze

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Snapshot 2025: Before They Graduate

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Other Islands Book Fair Imagines What Publishing Could Be

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Seeing the City: Tours, Talks, and More

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Department Contact

Events

  1. New Employee Welcome Event

    September 10 – September 11, 2026 1:30 PM – 3:30 AM

    Student Union, 200 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

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HERE’S HOW TO APPLYGraduate Studies at PrattOUR CAMPUS & BEYOND
Join us at Pratt. Learn more about admissions requirements, plan your visit, talk to a counselor, and start your application. Take the next step.Whether your goal is to advance your career, pivot to a new field, or explore your craft or groundbreaking research, our 33 graduate programs provide the rigor and support to achieve your vision. Explore our graduate programs in architecture, fine arts, design, information studies, and the liberal arts and sciences.
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School of Design

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Graduate Communications Design