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Degree Programs

Drawing Class

Drawing Class
Motorsports

Motorsports
School of Architecture Class

School of Architecture Class
Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering

Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering

The Cooper Union is an all-honors private college with a historic mission of fair access to education, awarding a half-tuition scholarship to every admitted undergraduate student. 

Click on the below links to learn more about our programs; click here to view some of our student's work; and click here to watch a 60-second video about what makes Cooper ... Cooper.

Undergraduate Degree Programs:

Bachelor of Architecture
Program includes five years of design, four years of structures, and culminates with a thesis

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Includes studies in drawing, film/video, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture

Bachelor of Engineering
Offered in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering as well as a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering

Graduate Degree Programs:

Master of Science in Architecture
A design research, post-professional degree open to applicants with a professional degree in architecture

Master of Engineering
Areas of concentration include: chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering

 

 

  • 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.