Emerson provides students with a wide variety of programs and opportunities that allow ambitious, independent minds to explore and pursue their academic goals. Our admission publications below were developed to provide helpful insights into what makes us a creative force.

Welcome to Emerson College

When you become an Emerson student, it means you are ready to break boundaries. Explore our viewbook to discover the opportunities that await you at Emerson.

New First-Time Students

Understand the application process, discover our programs, and chart your path to Emerson College.

International Students

Emerson is recognized as the premier US institution for communication and the arts, attracting first-year and transfer students from around the globe. Learn more about our community and the process of applying as an international student.

The Emerson Experience

Explore the diverse array of activities, events, and programs that will help you shape your life as an Emersonian.

Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies

Discover the historic alliance between Emerson and Marlboro College (Marlboro, Vermont) allowing you to craft your own major, engage in self-directed study and chart your own future.

Explore Performing Arts

Uncover the excellence of our Performing Arts program that has launched stars of stage and screen, as well as the technical talent that make productions happen. Emerson’s BFA programs will give you the necessary tools to focus your creative talents toward a fulfilling career.

Communication Disorders

Discover our Communication Disorders (BS) program, where you’ll have the opportunity to study the basis of human communication through speech pathology and audiology, growing your knowledge of both theory and practice alongside faculty who are leaders in their field.

Media Psychology

Our Media Psychology program will arm you with a deeper understanding of how media and consumers interact, preparing you to thrive in a variety of fields throughout communications and the arts.

Health and Social Change

Our new and innovative degree in Health and Social Change will prepare you to make a meaningful difference through advocacy, policy development, and collaboration. Our world needs change-makers—are you ready?

Global BFA in Film Art

For centuries, the world’s greatest thinkers and artists have traveled to Paris to learn, create, and find inspiration—and you can, too! Our Global BFA in Film Art program in conjunction with Paris College of Art allows you to study film as a fine art in the heart of Paris—the City of Light.

Global BA Programs with Franklin University Switzerland

Discover our partnership with Franklin University Switzerland, and learn about the unparalleled opportunity to pursue one of two dual-degree programs with an enhanced international perspective: a Global BA in Business of Creative Enterprises or a Global BA in International and Political Communication.