The annual Art & Design Graduate School Fair at OCAD University is back!

The Art & Design Graduate School Fair takes place every fall and invites students to meet with representatives from OCAD U and other top art and design universities to learn more about MFA, M.Des., MA and PhD programs in Canada and abroad.

Meet with representatives from the best art and design graduate programs in North America and Europe! This is the region’s only further education showcase specializing in art and design.

2026 Registration Open for Schools/Graduate Programs!
Fair Date: October 8, 2026, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: OCAD University, Great Hall, 100 McCaul Street, 2nd Floor

RSVP

 

Contact
 

Devora Umana 
Outreach Coordinator, Career Development
dumana@ocadu.ca

Who is invited to attend?


Prospective students and alumni who are interested in enrolling in graduate and professional degree programs in art & design.

Schedule of Events


Expert Panel Discussions | Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD)
OCAD University, Rosalie Sharp Pavillion, 115 McCaul St, Level 3

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | How Graduate School Shapes Creative Practice | RSVP
What happens when you take your creative practice beyond an undergraduate degree? Hear from artists and designers as they share how graduate school shaped their careers and creative development.

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | The Graduate School Application Toolkit | RSVP
Planning for graduate school? Join graduate admissions professionals as they share tips for creating strong application materials, including your CV, portfolio, and statement of intent.

Art + Design Graduate School Fair | Thursday, October 8, 2026
OCAD University, Great Hall, 100 McCaul Street, 2nd Floor
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM | RSVP

2026 Participating schools

Centre for Digital Media

The Centre for Digital Media (CDM) is a graduate education and innovation centre based in Vancouver, Canada. Home to the Master of Digital Media (MDM) program, CDM brings together students from diverse backgrounds to solve real-world challenges through technology, design, business, and storytelling.

The MDM is an interdisciplinary master's degree offered through a partnership among four leading British Columbia institutions: the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU), and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Students work in multidisciplinary teams on industry-sponsored projects, gaining hands-on experience in innovation, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, leadership, and user experience design.

Centre for Digital Media

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Cranbrook Academy of Art is a graduate-only institution in the United States offering MFA and M.Arch degrees in ten disciplines: Architecture, Ceramics, Fiber, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Print Media, and Sculpture. Each program is led by a practicing artist, designer, or architect whose studio work directly informs the program's direction.

The curriculum combines studio practice with lectures, workshops, symposia, critiques, dinners with visiting artists, and informal discussions in studio kitchens. The Academy's small size allows for a highly personalized experience and easy access to shared facilities that support interdisciplinary work.

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Toronto Metropolitan University

At The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), you'll develop your creativity and apply it to solving problems and driving innovation across diverse fields.
The Creative School is where you come to learn, transform and reimagine everything you thought was creative. Explore one of our uniquely distinct graduate programs in the fields of media, communication, and design.
Express yourself and realize your creative vision with guidance from industry experts. Located in the media capital of Canada, The Creative School's graduate programs offer the latest tools and technology to help you lead the conversation on contemporary culture.

Toronto Metropolitan University - The Creative School

University of Toronto - Master of Science in Biomedical Communication

The Master of Science in Biomedical Communications (MScBMC) program blends science, art, and technology to help you create powerful visuals-like illustrations, animations, and interactive experiences-to make complex medical and scientific ideas clear and engaging.
Over a 24-month course-based curriculum, students in our program develop the skills to design accurate, effective visual media for education, research, and public communication.
Offered by the University of Toronto, through the Institute of Medical Science in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, the MScBMC is the only program of its kind in Canada, and one of just a few accredited programs worldwide.

University of Toronto – Institute of Medical Science

University of Toronto - The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forestry, and visual studies-as well as unique undergraduate programs that use architectural studies and visual studies as a lens through which students may pursue a broad, liberal arts-based education. Its mission is to educate students, prepare professionals, and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just, and artfully conceived environments.

University of Toronto - Daniels Faculty of Architecture

University of Toronto - Faculty of Information

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is one of North America's top information schools, offering undergraduate, professional master's, and doctoral degrees. The Master of Information (MI) is a two-year professional degree, attracting students from a wide range of academic backgrounds. It offers an extremely popular co-op option to qualified students.

University of Toronto - Faculty of Information

NSCAD University

NSCAD University is one of Canada's oldest and most reputable independent cultural institutions, and for over a century has inspired generations of makers. Today, it is regarded as a principal center for education and research in visual culture in North America and offers a widely renowned curriculum of creative design programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

NSCAD University offers graduate programs including the MFA, MAAE, and MDes, designed for advanced study in art, design, and art education

NSCAD University

University of the Arts London

As Europe's largest specialist art and design university, ranked #2 in the world, we understand creativity. Made up of six renowned colleges, we offer a range of courses in art, design, screen, communication, fashion, media and performing arts. Our colleges are: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

University of the Arts London

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Where curiosity + bold creative thinking meet, Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

We are artists, thinkers, designers, experimenters, educators and leaders advancing the critical role of art and design education in a complex and changing world.
We offer two graduate degrees: Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design. Each program is designed to challenge you, deepen your practice, and prepare you to shape the future of art and design.

Emily Carr University

Wilfrid Laurier University

Ready to design experiences that make a difference? User Experience (UX) Design is the process of creating digital and other products or services that are user-friendly, intuitive and easy to navigate. UX design shapes how people interact with the world around them and improves experiences through usability, satisfaction, effectiveness, learnability, error tolerance and emotional connection. Solutions can be applied to websites, mobile apps, immersive technologies (VR/AR/MR), physical spaces, service design and complex digital systems. UX design is necessary across many fields and can lead to diverse, in-demand professional opportunities.

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California Institute of the Arts

While the foundation of a CalArts education is rooted in individualized and rigorous artmaking, critical thinking, and faculty mentorship, there's a little magic that happens in our multidisciplinary environment that sets us apart from our peers. In addition to rigorous classroom and studio training, you'll find that our entire student experience is centered by values of inclusivity, belonging, respect, dignity, and essential equity-mindedness. While we teach our artists on how to further their own practices, we simultaneously prioritize how we prepare students for rewarding careers post-CalArts.

CalArts is a multi-disciplinary community of artists. Through artistic practice, we transform ourselves, each other, and the world.

Cal Arts

Concordia University

With nearly 4,000 students, faculty, and staff, Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts is one of the largest art and design schools in North America, and in the top 150 art & design schools worldwide!

We offer 22 graduate programs that give students room to experiment, opportunities to work across disciplines, collaborate with communities, travel to a field school or on exchange and prepare you for life after graduation.

Concordia is located in the heart of Montreal - a city where the transformative and enriching power of the arts resonates throughout. Ranked as the top student city in North America, Montreal is a fantastic place to study, live, and explore your creative practices.

Concordia University Logo

Adler University

Adler University is a not-for-profit graduate institution with campuses in Chicago, Vancouver, and online. Founded in 1952 and named after Alfred Adler, it offers specialized master's and doctoral programs focused on psychology, counseling, specialized applied psychology, as well as a unique Art Therapy Masters degree rooted in socially responsible practice and community-driven learning.

Alder University

Maine College of Art & Design

We have multiple distinct in person offerings: Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, the Salt Program of Documentary Studies. We also have brand new online programs: Master of Arts in Education, an Arts Therapy certificate and an Arts Administration certificate. 
 
We believe that an artist's life is centered on their studio practice. For us, the studio is both a public and private place where artists undertake research, experimentation, reflection, collaboration, and problem-solving, all in preparation for creating and presenting meaningful artwork. Our students learn that a lively and enduring studio practice will allow them to become creative agents in the world. 

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers graduate degree pathways in studio, design, and academic fields, along with post-baccalaureate certificates and a Low-Residency MFA. Celebrating its 160th anniversary this year, SAIC continues to educate the world's most influential artists, designers, and scholars, and we can't wait to see what our community creates in the decades to come.

SAIC

University of British Columbia - School of Engineering

The Master of Design (MDes) is a professional graduate program for students who want to turn ideas into results. Rooted in critical design thinking, creative practice and design principles, the MDes program empowers students to tackle real-world challenges alongside industry, community and public sector partners.

UBC

University of Toronto - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Since 1996 we have offered our teacher education programs as the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Today OISE is one of the largest faculties at the University and one of the largest faculties of education in North America. 
 
OISE is committed to the study and improvement of education in the context of broad social issues, with an understanding that learning is a life-long activity. Its mission emphasizes excellence and equity and involves collaboration with others to address a wide array of intellectual issues and educational questions. It draws upon the insights of many academic disciplines and professional perspectives.

OISE

Parsons School of Design

Ranked the number one design school in the US and third globally, Parsons offers outstanding art, design, and architecture programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. 
 
At the heart of a comprehensive university - The New School - Parsons draws on a range of academic fields to deliver a uniquely interdisciplinary education enriched by the resources of its home in New York City and a degree-granting branch campus in Paris. 
 
Here, the next generation of creative leaders engage in real-world learning and develop as critical thinkers and makers grappling with the pressing issues of our time while working with a world-renowned, award-winning faculty.

Parsons School of Design

OCAD University

Are you willing to embrace a creative future?
Then you're ready to consider graduate studies at OCAD University - in the heart of Toronto, Canada's most culturally vibrant city.

At OCAD U, we attract curious and creative students who expect something more from their education and are willing to challenge themselves to achieve it.

Join us in graduate studies at OCAD U to advance your career, deepen your practice, and make your impact.

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York University - School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design

Join a dynamic community of artists, designers, filmmakers, performers, storytellers and cultural leaders who are shaping the world. With unparalleled access to industry, technology and interdisciplinary learning, AMPD empowers you to create with purpose.

AMPD research is characterized by a commitment to innovation, creativity and collaboration across all artistic disciplines, including visual arts, design, film, music, media arts, and performance. AMPD's focus on creative inquiry, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community engagement underscores a dedication to exploring new frontiers in the arts and beyond.

York U School of the arts, media, performance & design

+ many more to come