Building Hours

Academic Year Regular Building Hours
Monday – Friday  8:00am to 10:00pm
Saturday  8:00am to 6:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm to 8:00pm

Summer Hours (mid-June through August)
Monday through Thursday: Open 8 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Fri - Sat - Sun: Closed

All buildings close at midnight the day before a holiday unless otherwise specified.
Check with individual offices, shops, and labs for their respective open hours.

  • 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.