What will I learn?

Learn your craft from award-winning screenwriting faculty who not only have decades of experience as professional film and TV writers in Hollywood, but are also as passionate about storytelling as you are. Find your voice in a unique, multicultural university setting as you write short and feature-length screenplays, original TV pilots and episodes, and web series. The MFA in Screenwriting is the terminal degree in writing for film and television. The program culminates in the successful completion of the MFA thesis screenplay or teleplay.

Majors

Standard
Comedy

Which department am I in?

Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media

Study options

Full Time (4 Semesters)

Tuition fees

$36,108.00 (30,46,574) per year

Student Health Insurance Fee - 800 Cost per term

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Loop Campus

1 E. Jackson Blvd.,

Chicago,

Illinois,

60604, Midwest, United States

Entry requirements

For international students

A graduate applicant is a student who has completed at least a bachelor's degree or an equivalent higher education degree, and is interested in applying for a master's or a PhD program. You are considered an international graduate applicant if you have earned a bachelors degree outside of the U.S.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.