NSCAD University

If You Believe That Creative Ideas Can Build a Better World, There’s a Place For You Here. 

Students at NSCAD University have been shaping art, design and craft in Canada since 1887. With an approach to education that includes the strategic integration of arts, culture and community engagement, students thrive in a learning and research environment that is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and academic excellence.

Inspiring generations of makers for over a century, NSCAD University is one of Canada’s oldest independent cultural institutions. Today, it continues to be regarded as a principal centre for education and research in visual culture in North America.

Our Mission

NSCAD University is an immersive, rigorous and supportive academic community where
members are known and celebrated for their creativity and differences. Through active inquiry
we identify, define and approach the complexities of our world, challenge conventional thinking,
and create value and economic impact through art, media, craft and design.

Our Vision

Informed by the past, engaged by the present, looking to the future and guided by the intention to make positive change, NSCAD University is a beacon to those who seek to know the world as it is and to create what it might be.