Our multidimensional academic programs free you from conventional boundaries, allowing you to study in depth from many perspectives. As a New School student, you can explore courses across our colleges and disciplines and immerse yourself in many fields of learning related to your areas of interest. The benefits of this academic freedom are enormous.
By stretching yourself beyond traditional academic pathways, you will grow intellectually and creatively, expand your problem-solving capabilities, and become prepared to affect a complex world. Your critical thinking skills will be honed as you prototype innovative solutions and receive firsthand experience through seminar-style and project-based learning. At The New School, our rigorous academic approach goes beyond developing scholarly knowledge to help you uncover and actualize your passion and vision.
Ultimately, you will forge a unique path that will forever change the way you investigate and create throughout your life.
Our renowned faculty members actively partner with you as a student, enriching your learning. They are leading intellectuals and practitioners in their fields, bringing scholarship, experience, and collaboration to the classroom. They advise you about career paths and invite you to join their projects or help you design your own.
Faculty includes the professors, teachers and lecturers of a university or college. Generally, the faculty is responsible for designing and disseminating the plans of study offered by the institution. A body of teachers and administrators in a university can also be called faculty. Faculty can be a division of the university or college.
