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Discover a new kind of university in NYC, comprising a world-renowned design school, liberal arts college, performing arts college, and graduate schools.
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. Since then, the school has grown to house five divisions within the university.
Located in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village, The New School has 45 undergraduate majors and nearly 60 minors across five schools and colleges.
Discover a new kind of university in New York City, one where scholars, artists, and designers come together to challenge convention and create positive change. Our university takes full advantage of its location in one of the most vibrant and diverse cities in the world.
The New School in New York City is the only comprehensive university where a renowned design school, Parsons, joins a liberal arts college, a performing arts college, and many programs and graduate schools including The New School for Social Research.
The New School’s Admission team is available to help in any way we can. Learn more about applying, tuition, financial aid, or schedule a tour on-campus.
Over the decades, some of the finest minds of the 20th century have pioneered courses in new areas of social sciences and liberal arts at The New School. Faculty members and visiting scholars have included Harold Laski, Franz Boas, and John Maynard Keynes.
The New School is a private, avant-garde university based in Greenwich, New York City, and founded in 1919. In 1933, its graduate school became the University in Exile - a haven for scholars fleeing anti-intellectual regimes such as fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
The New School is the only university where the #1 design school in the US - Parsons - comes together with programs and colleges for the liberal arts, performing arts, management, social research, and more to cross-pollinate ideas in new and unexpected ways.
About The New School. In 1919, a few great minds imagined a school that would never settle for the status quo, one that would rethink the purpose of higher learning. The New School was the result. Today it is a progressive university housing five extraordinary schools and colleges.
