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 undergraduate programs at three of our Schools:

• Parsons School of Design -- The #1 design school in the U.S. and a leader in enlightened design education
• Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts -- Rated the best undergraduate college in the country for encouraging debate and discussion
• College of Performing Arts -- Home to three progressive schools: Mannes School of Music, The School of Drama, The School of Jazz

Imagine a university where scholars, artists and designers challenge convention and fearlessly create positive change in the world. Imagine a community where walls between disciplines are dissolved, so journalists collaborate with designers, architects with social researchers, media specialists with activists, poets with musicians. Imagine yourself at The New School.