Launch a successful career in data visualization and information design.
Graduate Programs in Information Design & Data Visualization
The graduate programs in Information Design and Data Visualization at Northeastern University’s campus in Boston, MA and Vancouver, Canada, are designed to train students in design principles, critical inquiry, and the analytical and creative practices needed to assume leadership roles in an evolving interdisciplinary field. Coursework focuses on the translation of data and information into visual languages, and the integration of theoretical, cognitive, and technical aspects of visualizations that engage a broad range of audiences.
Past graduates have found success in a wide range of careers in the technology and design fields, including:
- UX designer at Google AI, Research, and Machine Intelligence
- Designer at Microsoft
- Data designer at the BBC
- Graphics reporter at The Wall Street Journal
- Data visualization designer at Draper
- Data experience designer at Capital One
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“The unique thing is that we are a part of a research university with so many opportunities for partnerships, there’s a lot of willingness and people are really interested to do something together. It’s unusual, because design schools are usually not in this research context, and research universities rarely have strong design programs. This is really what makes Northeastern stand out.”
- Dietmar Offenhuber, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Art + Design
Master of Fine Arts in Information Design & Data Visualization
The MFA program trains students in harnessing visual languages to support discovery and communicate information across a range of disciplines.
Entry Terms
Fall
Location
Boston & Vancouver
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,500 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.