UIC图形设计设计硕士是一项面向全球的计划，在芝加哥和瑞士巴塞尔提供。在这两个地方，为期两年的计划都侧重于一个独立的硕士研究项目，该项目为学生提供了识别和探索探究主题的机会，并有可能为更广泛的学科知识做出贡献。通过以项目为导向的活动来增强研究，写作，设计历史和图像理论的分析能力，该课程旨在加深面向过程的技能，这些技能适用于印刷形式和系统，图像和形式制作，文档和出版物设计以及数字媒体设计。该计划的最终结果是该硕士研究项目的公开展览。
The UIC Master of Design in Graphic Design is a globally oriented program delivered in Chicago and in Basel, Switzerland. In both locations, the two-year program is focused on an independent masters research project, which offers students the opportunity to identify and explore a topic of inquiry with the potential to contribute to broader disciplinary knowledge. Through project-oriented activities that foster analytical competence in research, writing, design history, and image theory, the curriculum is designed to deepen process-oriented skills as applied to typographic forms and systems, image- and form-making, documentation and publication design, and digital media design. The program culminates in a public exhibition of the master's research project.