The School also offers several collaborative programs with other units on campus. At the undergraduate level a joint degree is offered with the College of Engineering's Department of Mechanical Engineering. Students take courses in the Medical School, the Dental School, and the Museum of Zoology. Art and Design shares a building with the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning on the North Campus in Ann Arbor. The building was specifically designed to house the two units and offers extensive large, open studio spaces, in most cases lit by natural lighting.
Specialized facilities are available for work in many media.
Extensive exhibition facilities are available in the Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, the Warren W. Robbins Graduate Center, and in hallway cases throughout the building. The Media Union, located in a building across the street, houses traditional and digital libraries for art and design, advanced computing facilities, including an advanced visualization laboratory, a virtual reality laboratory, and video and audio performance studios. The Dean of the School of Art and Design, Bryan Rogers , is responsible for the administrative affairs of the School. Upon recommendation of the President, the Regents appoint the Dean. The Dean is assisted by an Executive Committee that, in addition to the Dean, consists of four members of the faculty who are appointed by the Regents on recommendation by the President.