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Lighting Design MFA at Parsons School of Design

The Lighting Design MFA course at Parsons School of Design has an interdisciplinary curriculum, which provides students with a solid foundation in lighting design.


School: Parsons School of Design
Course: Lighting Design MFA
Location: New York City
Course dates: September 2023 to May 2025 (expected graduation date)
Application deadline:
15 December 2022

The Master of Fine Arts Lighting Design programme at Parsons, the first of its kind globally, has trained leaders in this rapidly evolving field for more than 45 years.

With a solid foundation in the intellectual, aesthetic, and technical dimensions of light, the interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on human experience, sustainability, and the social impact of lighting design.

You explore the relationships between theory, technical application, energy conservation, and social and environmental aspects of electric and natural light.

Applications to this course have now closed.

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