Students from other countries interested in attending The Cooper Union on exchange must be enrolled at one of the following participating schools with which the School of Art at The Cooper Union has formal exchange agreements.

AMSTERDAM: Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Netherlands
http://www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl

BARCELONA: Universitat de Barcelona
Spain
http://www.ub.es/en

BASEL: Hochschule fur Gestaltung und Kunst (HGK)
Switzerland
http://www.fhbb.ch/hgk/

BERLIN: Berlin University of the Arts
Germany
http://www.udk-berlin.de/english/exchange.html

FRANKFURT: Staatl Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste (Staedalschule)
Germany
http://www.staedelschule.de/deut/fset.htm

JERUSALEM: Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design
Israel
http://www.bezalel.ac.il

KYOTO: Kyoto Seika University
Japan
http://www.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/eng

LONDON: Chelsea College of Art & Design
England
http://www.chelsea.linst.ac.uk
Slade School of Fine Art
http://acl.ac.uk.slade/
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk

MALMÖ: Malmö Art Academy, Lund University
Sweden
www.khm.lu.se/english/fri/utbyt.html

PARIS: Ecole Nationale Superierure des Beaux Arts
France
http://www.ensba.fr

PRAGUE: Academy of Fine Arts
The Czech Republic
http://www.avc.cz/

Students from partner schools who wish to participate in exchange with the School of Art at The Cooper Union should consult directly with their foreign exchange/international coordinator. THE SCHOOL OF ART DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN EXCHANGE WITH SCHOOLS OR INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE NETWORK LISTED ABOVE.

We accept students on exchange for a single semester only.

Portfolio: All proposals, slide lists, and project descriptions must be typed in English. All drawings, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture MUST be submitted as slides, books or booklets. ONLY film/video/animation or interactive projects may be submitted as DVDs, CDs or URLs. We cannot view PAL format. VHS tapes must be in NTSC format. Your name and home school must be clearly printed directly on your proposal, slide list, every slide, CD, and DVD and their cases. Do not spray paint or attach labels. Portfolio size cannot exceed 12x15 envelope.

Application Form: The application form must be filled out and included with the portfolio.

Application Deadline: The application deadline is March 15 for either semester (term) (fall and spring) of the following academic year.

Calendar: The Cooper Union academic calendar varies slightly each year. Fall semester begins the Tuesday after Labor Day and typically ends the third week in December. Spring semester begins the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Day and typically ends the second week in May.

Rules and Regulations: Students who are accepted to The Cooper Union for exchange or mobility must abide by the rules and regulations set forth by The Cooper Union. Class attendance is mandatory. Students must agree to finish the entire term and are not permitted to depart before the end of such term.

Orientation: There is a mandatory orientation on the Thursday preceding the start of classes.