Apply to Cooper
Use the options below to select the correct type of application for your academic interests and educational experience.
| First-Year Applicants |
| Transfer Applicants |
- Regular Decision Application Deadline: January 5
- To be eligible as a transfer applicant to The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, you must have completed at least one year of an accredited architecture program by June of the year for which you are applying;
- OR by June, hold a bachelor's degree or the equivalent in a discipline other than architecture;
- OR submit a portfolio of your creative work and you have begun studies in a discipline related to architecture.
- Early Decision application is not available to transfer applicants.
- Regular Decision Application Deadline: January 5
- To be eligible as a transfer applicant to the School of Art, you must have completed 18-60 credits of studio art courses OR previously earned a bachelor's degree in a discipline other than art.
- Early Decision application is not available to transfer applicants.
- Regular Decision Application Deadline: January 5
- Preference is given to transfer applicants that have completed coursework similar to The Cooper Union's first-year program at another accredited college.
- Early Decision application is not available to transfer applicants.
| Master's Applicants |
