Welcome Week 2026

Welcome Week 2026

Welcome Week will be an in-person series of workshops, experiences, and social engagements to prepare you for the start of this new adventure! 

IMPORTANT NOTE

The 2026 Welcome Week schedule has been posted!

More updates will be shared in the coming weeks. Please continue to check this page for updates, as well as your Cooper Union email address (once you have one & it is activated*), as well as NewStudentConnect.

If you are having issues with your Cooper email account, please reach out to ITSupport@cooper.edu. 

Welcome Week 2026:

Welcome Week begins on Monday, August 24, 2026, and continues through, and includes, Sunday, August 30, 2026; the move-in date for those living within the Residence Hall will be August 24*. We encourage all students to plan accordingly as attendance at our on-campus Welcome Week activities is essential. Students who cannot attend will miss key information including the time spent meeting peers and building new friendships. During Welcome Week, you will meet key faculty, advisors, staff, and peers and build bonds and friendships that will last throughout your time at Cooper Union and beyond. 

*Students with international home addresses who cannot arrive on campus by 2pm on Monday due to limited travel/flight options may request an early move-in for after 5pm on Sunday, August 23, 2026, by emailing their request to reslife@cooper.edu before August 15, 2026. 

Find the full schedule for Summer Orientation and Welcome Week 2026 HERE. 

If you have any questions about Welcome Week, please reach out to us via email at WelcomeWeek@cooper.edu. 

Students can also review essential information found on our Fall 2026 Admitted Students page found here. 

All new students should plan to be in New York City for our in-person Welcome Week activities.

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IMPORTANT UPDATES FOR PARENTS / GUARDIANS / FAMILY:

 

We would like to stay in contact with you! There are a couple different newsletters that parents/guardians/family members can sign up for through Cooper Union to get important updates, find out about programs happening at Cooper, etc. 

 

Student Affairs Parent/Guardian Newsletter (important dates, programs, updates, etc.): to sign up for this news letter, please visit Parent / Guardian Newsletter (Cooper Union Student Affairs).

 

Other Cooper Union newsletters (individual schools), please visit Join Our Mailing List.

 

Slides from the Opening Parent Session by Dean Kendall can be found here in the coming days.

 

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  • 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.