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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.

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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.


10:1
Student to IMD faculty ratio
36
Students per Immersive Media Design courses
20
The University of Maryland is ranked 20th among top public institutions in the U.S.

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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. 

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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!

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