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New Student Orientation Information

Orientation is a time for you to get answers to all of your last-minute questions and fully prepare for the start of your program at MCAD.

In most cases, orientation is required for new students. Additional orientation details will be emailed to you. If you have questions, email student_affairs@mcad.edu.

Orientation Summer 2025
May 26–30New MA in Creative Leadership student online orientation
Online and asynchronous
Orientation Fall 2025
June 3–August 17New MFA Student Online Orientation
August 16New undergraduate student online orientation
Information for students and families to help plan for the move to campus.
August 18-22New MA in Graphic and Web Design and Sustainable Design student orientation
Online; this orientation workshop is designed to ensure you will be a successful online learner at MCAD.
August 19–20New International student orientation
August 21–22Housing move-in, pick up your MCAD laptop, and visit the Art Cellar to check out MCAD swag, too!
August 21–22New MFA Student On-campus Orientation
August 23–24New undergraduate student orientation
Meet fellow students, learn about resources available to you, and tour the campus.

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Land Acknowledgement

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.