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Architecture
The School of Architecture hosts small group tours during the summer and school year. Please contact them for tour information at (212) 353-4220.
Art
The Cooper Union actively participates in events sponsored by The National Portfolio Day Association. The School of Art also hosts Portfolio Review days in November. Return here for dates for this fall. We welcome you to visit during our End of the Year Show! The opening is on Monday, May 21st 5-9pm. Click here for more information.
Engineering
The School of Engineering will be hosting a limited number of small group tours for prospective engineering students only. For information on attending the tours, please visit the engineering tour calendar. We will also be hosting an Engineering Open House program in the fall. If you have any questions about the application process, please e-mail admissions@cooper.edu

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.