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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. Our colleges and graduate schools include Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, the College of Performing Arts, The New School for Social Research, and Parsons Paris.

Since our founding in 1919, The New School has redrawn and redefined the boundaries of intellectual and creative thought as a preeminent academic center. Our rigorous, multidimensional approach to education dissolves walls between disciplines and helps nurture progressive minds. At our university, students have the academic freedom to shape their unique, individual paths for a complex and rapidly changing world.

With leading-edge faculty and world-renowned alumni, we are committed to developing students who will have an impact on the world and address the most pressing social issues of our time. Our legacy of commitment to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and socially just environment continues to drive our mission and work today.

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Greenwich Village is home to our main campus in New York City

126

degree and diploma programs

#1

most international university (U.S. News & World Report, 2022)

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Our mission is to prepare students to understand, contribute to, and succeed in a rapidly changing society, thus making the world a better and more just place. As a university where design and social research drive approaches to studying issues of our time, we seek to provide students with the tools needed to grapple with complex problems facing society and to pursue more fluid and flexible career pathways.
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The New School's leadership team sets the course for the academic, intellectual, and creative work of the university. Committed to excellence in all areas, the leaders of our university ensure that we adapt and respond to contemporary issues, create an inclusive community, and foster an environment in which students challenge convention through scholarship and creative exploration. 
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In 1919, a group of visionaries sought a new and evolved model of education, one providing the intellectual and creative freedom to tackle the most pressing issues of the day. Since the founding of The New School, some of the finest minds in our society have pioneered courses in emerging areas of academic inquiry, attracting students and faculty from around the world.
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The year 2019 marked the 100th anniversay of The New School. To commemorate this milestone, we reflected on a century of scholars, artists, and designers daring to question the status quo—and reimagine the future. Learn more about how we celebrated our next century of groundbreaking scholarship, bold creativity, and world-changing ideas.
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Come visit our main campus in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village for an idea of what it's like to study and live in one of the most vibrant and diverse cities in the world. While you're here, attend one of our public programs, take a tour of our university, or sit in on a class.
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Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy

The New School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.