Cultivating Creativity and Community in Missoula's Dynamic Arts Scene
The School of Art and Game Design combines a comprehensive curriculum across a remarkable range of creative fields. Join artists, makers, creators, and designers in our dynamic community! Our classes are open to all students across campus and online.
Find Your Style
Come Explore! Check out all of the School of Visual and Media Arts graduate and undergraduate degrees, majors, minors and certificates!
What We Offer
The University of Montana's School of Art and Game Design offers diverse programs including both graduate and undergraduate degrees in either Fine Art or Game Design. Fine art includes ceramics, painting, sound design, art history, criticism, and art education, with online options available for flexibility. In Game design you can study programming, game theory, digital art and game art, and even join our award-winning eSports team.
Our Creative Spaces
Our creative spaces are extensive, spanning five buildings across the UM campus. They include over a dozen large studio classrooms, computer labs, film production studios, a Game Design and XR lab, an Esports gaming center, multi-media studios, “smart” lecture/seminar classrooms, five student galleries, soundstage, resource library and many material-specific workshops. Our facilities house professional and cutting-edge equipment.
Our Community
Missoula was recently ranked 4th in the nation for arts activity among medium-sized cities. SAGD is a hub of this vibrant creative community, and our school is alive with creative projects and events throughout the term.
Film expos, exhibitions, visiting artists and scholars, gaming competitions, field trips and screenings—both on campus and downtown–are some of the many opportunities to join with fellow students and professors.
4th
Missoula is ranked 4th in the nation for arts activity among medium sized cities.
17+
Countries have showcased art from UM students, including the Smithsonian and Fule Art Museum, China.
92%
of students say they currently work in their field of study.