Admission Events

Most admitted student events will be offered virtually. You can learn more and register on our Admitted Students Events website, where you'll see the full suite of online events specially designed for admitted students. 

Below you’ll find some opportunities for current Lang students that we invite admitted students to participate in as well.

Critical History Today Lecture Series

The Historical Studies department is returning with its lecture series, Critical History Today, the themes of which build upon our shared commitment to developing modes of historical analysis addressing the urgent concerns of the present and that promote rigorous engagement between history and other branches of the humanities and social sciences.

Practicing the Environment

Practicing the Environment is a public-facing virtual event series with artists, curators, activists, and scholars around the world who explore and engage with issues of environmental concern. This series reconsiders the division between humans and nature, a division that has shaped notions of cultivation and place as well as our relationships with plants and with one another. Focusing on visual arts and performance-based projects addressing ideas about environment, these events consider the ecological implications of the materials that we work with and the environmental frameworks and atmospheres that we work within. This series is hosted by faculty from the Department of The Arts at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School. All events are free and open to the public, but prior registration is required.

Craft Lesson Lunches

The First-Year Writing department at Lang hosts a weekly lunchtime series of dynamic and interactive lessons on the craft of writing on Mondays.

Each week features a different Writing faculty member or special guest writer. These talks are popular among Lang students (including those taking a one-credit course or Writing the Essay III), faculty, staff, and the general public.

The Office of Admission offers online appointments for prospective applicants and family members who would like to meet individually with an admission counselor to identify best-fit programs and discuss the admission process. Appointment availability is limited in January, February, and March as staff review applicants for fall admission. 

Register for an Undergraduate Admission Appointment

These 60-minute student-led campus tours introduce visitors to our academic facilities. 

Available tours through May 13 are now available for online registration. Tours will not be available March 12-27. Tours will resume on March 28. From April 4 to April 29, tours will be available only to students admitted for summer and fall 2022. Tours will reopen for prospective students and families on May 2. 

For the spring semester, our campus tours accommodate up to seven students with one guest each. Only those with appointments will be able to tour campus.

Upon checking in for an in-person event:

• All visitors must be fully vaccinated and boosted and present proof of vaccination to the Welcome Center staff.
• All external guests must wear a mask in all university buildings and indoor spaces for the duration of their visit.

If you are unable to schedule an in-person tour, we encourage you to take our virtual tour and connect with us through one of our many additional online events. 

Schedule an Undergraduate Tour

These events are open fairs for prospective undergraduate students, at which Admission representatives staff a table on behalf of The New School. They serve as an initial point of contact between students and colleges without students needing to travel to visit the college itself, allowing them to interact with admission representatives from a wide range of post-secondary institutions. 

Register for a College Fair

The seminar is the centerpiece of the Lang academic experience. We invite you to join a member of our faculty and other prospective students for a mock seminar to get a better sense of the Lang classroom experience. These sessions will be held each fall and spring semester, from late September through November and mid-February through April. Check out what's coming up: 

The Communal Art of Talking

• Thursday, April 21, 4:00 p.m. ET

How to Read a Film

• Thursday, April 7, 1:00 p.m. ET

Fear, Anxiety, and Big Books

• Friday, April 15, 3:00 p.m. ET
• Friday, April 29, 3:00 p.m. ET

We invite prospective students to join us for a scheduled online chat with a New School tour guide. These online events feature members of our student team discussing their experience as New Schoolers.

Meet with a Tour Guide

Thinking about transferring to The New School from another university or community college? Our Transfer Days provide potential applicants with the opportunity to identify the best-fit program and receive an estimate of earned transfer credits and timeline to graduation. For more information about transferring to Lang, please visit our Transfer Students website. 

Upcoming Transfer Days

Our Undergraduate Information Sessions are 45- to 60-minute presentations by admission staff and/or faculty, designed for students interested in applying for admission. These sessions not only provide information about Lang but also highlight the other schools within The New School, including the College of Performing Arts, Parsons School of Design, and Parsons Paris. 

Upcoming Information Sessions