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Incoming Freshmen

STEP 1: Apply to the University of Florida


UF APPLICATION DEADLINES:

Early Action: November 1, 2025

Regular Decision: January 15, 2026

Admission for freshman students is administered through the University of Florida Office of Admissions.


First-Year Admission Information
First-Year Application

We do not require a portfolio/supplemental application material for freshman admission; however, we welcome them! We would love to learn more about you and your art/design/art history practice. Following the application deadlines, applicants who listed Art, Art History, or Graphic Design as their intended major at UF, will be invited to send supplemental application materials to us. We will review these supplemental application materials for scholarship consideration.

Applicants for Summer B/Fall 2025

Once you have applied to UF by the corresponding deadline (Early Action versus Regular Decision), you will be directed here for further instructions on submitting supplemental application materials to us.

Fantastic – you’ve applied, what’s next? We’d love to learn more about you and your art history practice, and invite you to submit a summary of your academic, research, and service activities. NOTE: This is *not* required, but rather, is reviewed for scholarship consideration.

Deadlines and Process

Early Action: Applicants must submit their summaries to us by – –November 24. Submissions will happen via SlideRoom, at this link: Early Action Supplemental Application.

Regular Decision: Applicants must submit their summaries to us by January 31. Submissions will happen via Slideroom, via an updated link for this deadline. 

Questions? Email SAAHAdmissions@arts.ufl.edu.

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