Cooper Union

Housing and Student Life

Q: How do I secure housing at Cooper?

The application will be live March 1 and available on our First-year Student Residence webpage.

For general housing questions, this link covers many questions we typically receive from potential residential students.

Students who want to come to NYC but prefer to live off-campus can join this housing search group.

Q: How do I make roommate requests?

There is a section on the housing application for roommate requests. All roommate requests must be mutual. To make a roommate requests after the housing application form has been submitted, please email reslife@cooper.edu with the details.

Q: Where can I learn about clubs on campus?

You can learn all about campus clubs and organizations here.

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.