Founded in 1916, New York School of Interior Design has been leading the study of interior design for over a century. A private, nonprofit college focused exclusively on interior design, NYSID offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs for students at all stages of their careers—whether they’re just becoming familiar with the discipline, considering a career change, or looking to deepen knowledge in a particular area. Consistently ranked one of the top interior design programs...
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is a university of visual arts singularly dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the training of professional practitioners, in the conducting of research, and in the production of works in all media through a comprehensive range of graduate and undergraduate degrees. Combining the beauty of a historic centre with an international cultural vision, the NSCAD experience remains unique in Canada.
Boasting a global reputation for excellence in pedagogy...
OCAD University is Canada's largest university of art and design, dedicated to applying the power of imagination to education, research and creative enterprise. Founded in 1876, OCAD U's past provides a rich tradition into which our community can tap as we explore new opportunities, technologies and media. Central to our constant evolution is the belief that educational and cultural institutions must look outward, not inward, nurturing ideas that will take root in the world. Our mandate is not...
OTIS is a leader among institutions of higher learning specializing in the education of artists and designers. Cited in America’s creative capitol, Los Angeles, OTIS is also the city’s first independent professional art school. In 1918, General Harrison Gray Otis, the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, bequeathed his home for "the advancement of the arts." Since then OTIS has trained artists and designers who are in the vanguard of American cultural and entrepreneurial life. From companies...
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) empowers artists and designers to reimagine what art and design can do in the world. Founded in 1909, PNCA is an accredited, independent visual arts and design college offering 10 undergraduate and six graduate degree programs centered on the core values of professional practice, integrated knowledge, critical thinking, effective communication, and social responsibility.
Located in an historic building in the heart of Portland, Oregon's downtown Pearl...
Parsons School of Design is one of the leading institutions for art and design education in the world. Today Parsons is the only American art and design school within a comprehensive university — The New School — which also houses a rigorous liberal arts college and a progressive performing arts school. Here you can master established art and design fields or advance emerging ones and study across all university disciplines. Based in New York, Parsons also has a campus in Paris as well as...
At PCA&D, we create influence. 97% of students in the class of 2012 who responded to a placement survey were employed or pursuing an advanced education within a year of graduation. PCA&D’s curriculum focuses on developing critical skills of adaptive thinking, disciplined making and influential communication across its BFA programs. Small college with a big reach, PCA&D is the center of a vibrant Eastern-corridor city.
Thanks to our rigorous curriculum, small class sizes, a professional...
Founded in 1887, Pratt Institute is one of the world’s top ranked art, design and architecture schools with outstanding programs at the undergraduate and graduate level, most of which are ranked among the top ten and five in the United States. With over 25 undergraduate majors and concentrations and over 20 graduate programs, a faculty of practicing professional artists, designers, writers, architects and historians, an outstanding internship program, and a beautiful 25-acre tree-lined...
Each year approximately 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students work together at RISD as part of a creative community focused on critical thinking and hands-on making. Students major in studio disciplines in the fine arts, architecture and design, but take a third of their courses in the liberal arts, which support critical research skills and contextual understanding. The practicing artists and designers dedicated to teaching at RISD work closely with students to support their development as...
Since 1931, Ringling College of Art and Design has cultivated the creative spirit in students from around the globe. The private, not-for-profit, fully accredited college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in eleven disciplines and the Bachelor of Arts in two. The College’s rigorous curriculum employs the studio model of teaching and immediately engages students through a comprehensive program that is both specific to the major of study and focused on the liberal arts. The Ringling...
