• Making and Academic Resources

  • Making process

  • Access to state-of-the-art and traditional tools at Parsons facilitates your creative growth and gives you hands-on experience. Enjoy access to making and research centers outfitted with cutting-edge technology, equipment, and materials. You will acquire industry skills while exploring a range of subjects from sustainable supply chains to human-centered product design. Our on-site technicians, faculty, and visiting industry professionals guide your learning as you collaborate with students from across The New School.

  • The Making Center is an adaptable 26,000-square-foot studio bringing together creative tools from around the university. Professional technicians and facility managers are on hand to support your individual needs and to lead training sessions and workshops for both students and faculty.

  • Filled year-round with work by faculty, students, and traveling exhibitions, Parsons’ galleries are an important downtown destination for art and design. As a venue in which to engage with conversations shaping the world today and a place to showcase student work and curatorial practice, the galleries offer opportunities to gain experience in construction, installation, and presentation in a high-profile exhibition setting.

  • The New School’s Libraries and Archives provide access to collections, online databases, and research materials that broaden your knowledge and infuse your creative work with deep intellectual foundations. All currently-enrolled students, faculty, and staff have access to the university’s libraries and archives.

  • Take The Next Step

Submit your application

Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.