The Department provides photography and media art labs as well as painting, drawing and sculpture studios. In the heart of Ottawa, you also have access to a wealth of artistic venues such as the National Gallery and the Ottawa Art Gallery. In addition, you train under the guidance of nationally and internationally recognized artists, curators, art historians and theorists. While maintaining its focus on traditional disciplines (drawing, painting, sculpture and photography), the Department also helps you discover the use of new media and technologies in the visual arts.

You must have at least a secondary school diploma from a Canadian province or territory, or the equivalent (country-specific). If you’re applying for an English-language program and you have not completed at least three years of full-time study in an institution where English is the only language of instruction (aside from in language courses), located in a country where English is an official language, you must submit your official score in one of the following language tests recognized by the University.