BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES WILL REOPEN ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th
The Cooper Union will resume regular in-person operations on Tuesday, January 27th. Campus buildings and facilities will be open, and classes will return to their normal schedules.

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Fall 2025

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Spring 2026

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Course descriptions are available on the Course Listings page. For previous course descriptions, please refer to the relevant Course Catalogs.

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.