Extend Your Reality
Immersive Media Design at the University of Maryland is a four-year, cross-disciplinary undergraduate program that prepares students to excel in digital creativity and innovation using the latest immersive media tools and technologies.
Immersive Media Design (IMD) offers a unique undergraduate program giving students an opportunity to combine their artistic talents with computer science.
Steeped in technology, this program allows students an opportunity to code, create, and collaborate in immersive ways. Innovative researchers, digital artists, computer scientists, and experts in augmented and virtual reality, and human computer interaction, comprise the faculty. They represent just a small portion of what students can do with a degree in Immersive Media Design at the University of Maryland.
Students can pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Emerging Creatives or a Bachelor of Science in Computing. Students choose their degree pathway based on their interest in technical or aesthetic approaches to immersive media. The Bachelor of Arts is offered through the College of Arts and Humanities and the Bachelor of Science is offered through the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.
Current Students
Current Immersive Media Design students can find pertinent college and department policies and procedures, portfolio information, and campus resources available to them here.
Prospective Students
Interested in pursuing Immersive Media Design at the University of Maryland? You can find more information based on whether you are a current UMD student interesting in changing majors, a transfer student, or an incoming first-year student here!
Upcoming Events
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April 1, 2024 - to May 12, 2024
Call for Submissions: New Works Incubator
The University of Maryland’s Immersive Media Design (IMD) program in partnership with The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s NextNOW Fest is seeking submissions of immersive media art works/installations/performances to present as part of The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest, a celebration of creativit
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April 16, 2024 - to May 29, 2024
Applications Open for IMD Teaching Assistants!
Applications are not OPEN for Immersive Media Design Teaching Assistants. If you have worked with a professor to become a TA for the upcoming semester, please email Assistant Director, Alyssa Ryan (aneuner@umd.edu).
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April 18, 2024 - to April 20, 2024
Moving With Screens + Machines: A Symposium on Embodied Practices and Technology
Join us at the University of Maryland, College Park for a thought-provoking symposium on the relationship between embodied practices and technology.
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May 9, 2024
Immersive Media Design Senior Capstone Showcase
Join us Thursday, May 9th for the University of Maryland's Immersive Media Design Senior Capstone Showcase.
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