The portfolio should provide the best examples of creative intellectual activity and recent professional work.
Requirements
The portfolio can be submitted by providing a link to your portfolio website within your application or submitting an integrated media portfolio via SlideRoom.
The portfolio should provide the best examples of creative intellectual activity and recent professional work. Emphasis should be placed on evidence of understanding the communication of design ideas in visual form.
The presentation of the portfolio should be professional and facilitate the review process of the content.
Technical Specifications for Slideroom
If submitted through Slideroom, your portfolio format can be on of the following:
- One compiled .pdf portfolio. Please limit to 20 images and explanation of what the images represent.
- Maximum of 20 individual images; explanation of what the images represent. Please upload 1 (one) image at a time. Images may be submitted in horizontal and/or vertical orientation. Images larger than 1280 x 1280 x 72 PPI will be resized.
- A combination of individual images, videos, and documents. Please upload 1 image at a time and do not exceed 20 images. Add an explanation of the visual materials submitted. Videos should not exceed 2 minutes, or they will NOT be reviewed in their entirety. You should limit your video submissions to a maximum of 2 videos.
Acceptable File Types:
- Images: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .bmp, .tga
- Videos: .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .wmv, .flv, .asf, .mpeg, .mpg, .mkv
- Documents: .pdf
Acceptable File Sizes:
- Images must be under 5 MB (images that exceed 1280 x 1280 x 72 PPI will be resized).
- Videos must be less than 250 MB in size (videos should not exceed 2 minutes).
- Documents must be less than 10 MB.
SlideRoom Support has a great file and image size page for the Portfolio upload – Working with Media and Your Portfolio. You can upload images with any dimensions, as SlideRoom resizes images larger than 1280 x 1280 x 72 PPI. Images and videos are subject to be compressed to be displayed properly in SlideRoom.
Submission
Submit portfolio online using Slideroom. Additional instructions will be available after logging into Slideroom.
Slideroom will be available starting September 1. Please note there is a $10(US) administration fee to set up a Slideroom account.
Start your application
Applications are managed by the Graduate Admissions Department, and portfolios are submitted online to Slideroom.