Applying to CU

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Application Information and Instructions

The Application for Fall 2013 is now closed.

Please review deadlines and applications procedures below. You should also familiarize yourself with our course catalog.

First Year

Transfer

Masters

Non-Matriculating Student Programs

Deadlines

Early Decision

School of Art: December 3, 2012
School of Engineering: December 3, 2012

First-Year

School of Architecture: January 7, 2013
School of Art: January 9, 2013
School of Engineering: February 1, 2013

Transfer

School of Architecture: January 7, 2013
School of Art: January 9, 2013
School of Engineering: February 1, 2013

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.