Applying to Cooper Union

Application Information and Instructions

Please Note: The Fall 2017 undergraduate application is now closed. The Fall 2018 application will open in August 2017. The Fall 2017 Master of Architecture II and Master of Engineering applications are now closed. 

First Year

Transfer

Masters

Non-Matriculating Student Programs

Undergraduate Deadlines

The Cooper Union uses the Common Application as its undergraduate application. The Office of Admissions treats every application in the same manner, whether it is submitted electronically or on paper.

Early Decision for Fall 2017 Applications

  • School of Art: December 1, 2016*
  • School of Engineering: December 1, 2016

Regular Decision for Fall 2017 Applications

  • School of Architecture: January 9, 2017
  • School of Art: January 9, 2017*
  • School of Engineering: January 9, 2017

Applicants are welcome to submit additional, OPTIONAL materials such as a résumé, abstract for a research paper, ZeeMee profile, and so forth. You may include this additional information as part of your Common Application or email it to admissions@cooper.edu. We look forward to getting to know you!

*Transfer applicants to the School of Art may apply Early Decision. On the Common Application, you will first need to select 'Regular Decision' for your Decision Plan. After you make this selection and indicate that you are applying to the School of Art, a question will generate asking if you would like to apply Early Decision as a transfer student. To apply Early Decision to the School of Art as a transfer student, you will select 'Yes' and follow the subsequent prompts. Please contact the Office of Admissions at admissions@cooper.edu or 212-353-4120 with any questions or concerns.

**Home Test & Studio Test: Regular Decision applicants to the School of Architecture and/or School of Art will be sent a studio test or home test, respectively, in January. Early Decision applicants to the School of Art will receive a home test in December. This must be completed within one month of receipt. The home test and studio test will be sent to all applicants via email on the same day after the online application deadline.

Graduate Deadlines

Please Note: The Fall 2017 Master of Architecture II and Master of Engineering applications are now closed. Graduate applications for Fall 2018 will be available beginning September 2017.

Masters

  • Master of Architecture II: January 31, 2017
  • Master of Engineering: March 31, 2017 (for full time study)
  • Master of Engineering: May 5, 2017 (for part time study)

  • 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.