The New School

Welcome to a university dedicated to seeking out new ways to create a more just, more beautiful, and better-designed world. 

Located in Greenwich Village in the heart of New York City, The New School is the only comprehensive university housing a renowned design school, a rigorous and relevant liberal arts school, a stellar music conservatory and drama school, and a world-famous social research school, and many more schools and programs designed for students of every age and stage of life.

We offer postgraduate programs within the following Schools and programs:

• Parsons School of Design: The #1 design school in the US and a leader in enlightened design education

• College of Performing Arts: Postgraduate programs at Mannes School of Music and The School of Drama

• The New School for Social Research: A renowned graduate school with intellectually intense, heterodox PhD and master's programs. 

• Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy: Five distinctive master's programs and a PhD in Urban Policy Analysis

• School of Media Studies: With master's in Media Studies and in Media Management 

• Creative Writing Program: MFA concentrations in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing for children and young adults

• TESOL: Master's in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages