Portfolio Requirements
Applicants applying for admission to the Art + Design majors and combined majors are strongly recommended to submit a portfolio.
Candidates applying for admission to the Studio Art program are required to submit a portfolio for review by a faculty committee.
Candidates applying for admission to the music technology program are required to submit a portfolio for review by a faculty committee.
The deadlines to submit required portfolios are as follows:
- Early Action applicants, November 9
- Regular Decision applicants, January 25
Mail Portfolios to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
510 INV
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5000 USA
Art + Design
Applicants applying for admission to the Art + Design majors and combined majors are strongly recommended to submit a portfolio. You can find all of our majors and combined majors on this page: http://www.northeastern.edu/camd/artdesign/undergraduate/majors/
Applicants applying for admission to the Studio Art major (in collaboration with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts) are required to submit a portfolio in order to be considered for the admission.
Music Technology Portfolio
Portfolios of applicants to the Music Technology program and applicants to the combined Computer Science/Music Technology program must include:
Three representative examples of your creative work in a form that best represents the project, including lead sheets of original songs or printed scores of original compositions or arrangements; digital format, which might include MIDI or digital audio files on floppy disk, data CD or Zip disks (PC and Mac formats are acceptable); or URLs for Web sites that include original music or sounds. Audio recordings of compositions are highly recommended (audio CD or cassette preferred). Videotape recordings of live performances of your music are also acceptable.
Please include a short statement explaining your involvement in the creation of the work. The statement should note whether you are the sole creator or a collaborator; the composer, arranger, or remixer; and whether you are performing the work on the recording(s).
A separate typed one-page statement of your musical background, influences, and goals and exactly how you think the music technology program will be a good fit for your goals.
Please send your portfolio to the admissions office, not to the music department. The address is located at the top of this page.
Visit Music Technology's Web site for more information.