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Mission Statement
The mission of Pratt Institute is to educate artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society. Pratt seeks to instill in all graduates aesthetic judgment, professional knowledge, collaborative skills, and technical expertise. With a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, a Pratt education blends theory with creative application in preparing graduates to become leaders in their professions. Pratt enrolls a diverse group of highly talented and dedicated students, challenging them to achieve their full potential.
International Role
Pratt Institute, located in the vibrant global hub of New York City, is a leader in international education, cultivating a diverse academic community where approximately 32.4% of students are international students. The institute provides extensive global learning opportunities, including semester-long study abroad programs in Berlin (spring and fall), Copenhagen, and a specialized program in Rome for undergraduate architecture students. Additionally, Pratt offers faculty-led summer studies in renowned destinations such as Berlin, Havana, London, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Venice, Portugal, and more.
Pratt’s global reach is further strengthened through student exchange partnerships with prestigious institutions worldwide, such as Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (Italy), Bauhaus University and Berlin University of the Arts (Germany), Gerrit Rietveld Academy and Willem de Kooning (The Netherlands), Glasgow School of Art (Scotland), Kingston University and University of the Arts London (United Kingdom), Konstfack University (Sweden), Lusófona University (Portugal), Musashino Art University (Japan), Paris College of Art (France). These collaborations enhance cultural exchange and expand academic opportunities for students.
For a full list of faculty-led and exchange programs, please visit our Terradotta website: https://pratt-sa.terradotta.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ProgramDiscovery
National Role
Pratt Institute, founded in 1887, is one of the largest and oldest art, architecture and design schools in the United States. As a leader in art and design education, Pratt is a proud member of the Association of Independent Art and Design Schools (AICAD). Its Schools of Architecture, Art, Design, Information, and Liberal Arts and Sciences embrace diverse approaches and methodologies, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to address cultural, environmental, and global challenges with creative solutions.
Pratt maintains strong connections with local, national and international partners across education, government, non-profit organizations, and industry. These collaborations drive the development of innovative educational opportunities, exhibits, and a solutions-focused education that benefits our students and the broader community. As a vital contributor to New York City’s creative ecosystem, Pratt plays a pivotal role in shaping the cultural and academic landscapes of the region and beyond.
Main Focus
Pratt Institute provides the creative leaders of tomorrow the knowledge and experience to make a better world. A world-class and internationally ranked college with programs in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The Institute’s impact expands beyond its 25-acre residential campus in Brooklyn to cutting-edge facilities throughout the borough, a landmark building and public gallery in Manhattan, as well as an extension campus, Pratt Munson College of Art and Design in Utica, New York. On Governors Island, Pratt is a core partner on the Stony Brook University team selected to develop the New York Climate Exchange, a research and educational hub poised to establish New York City as the global leader for the most pressing issue of our time: climate change. Another extension of Pratt’s campus is the Research Yard, a 20,000-square-foot facility that brings together the research activities of Pratt Institute under one roof in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Today, Pratt and its exceptional faculty pride themselves on being academically excellent as well as adaptable to both in-person and online learning. Pratt students are part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary, research- and inquiry-based education that prepares them for success in creative fields and professional practice, with the goal of contributing to a fairer, more sustainable world. With a long-held commitment to the communities of New York, Pratt partners locally through the Pratt Center for Community Development to work for a more just city. The Institute also offers a variety of programs for local pre-college and continuing education students in the Center for Art, Design, and Community Engagement K-12 and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Since its founding in 1887, Pratt has prioritized diversity and inclusion, welcoming students from all walks of life while developing and sustaining pathways to more equitable workplaces and careers.
Pratt and its exceptional faculty pride themselves on being academically excellent as well as leaders in both in-person and online learning. Pratt students are part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary, research- and inquiry-based education that prepares them for success in creative fields and professional practice. With a long-held commitment to the communities of New York, Pratt partners locally through the Pratt Center for Community Development to work for a more just city. The Institute also offers a variety of programs for local pre-college and continuing education students in the Center for Art, Design, and Community Engagement K–12 and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Additionally, Pratt partnered with Bank Street College of Education and the NYC Department of Education to develop and launch a new public high school situated in downtown Brooklyn dedicated to design and social justice, Design Works High School, opening in fall 2023.
The value of a Pratt education is evident in its graduates’ diverse and thriving careers, where their designs, art, work, and environments have reimagined our world. In over 80 countries across the globe, Pratt’s 60,000 alumni are advancing the creative economy and making a positive impact through their work, participatory practices, and prescient research, from community-engaged design to sustainable environmental solutions.
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Faculties and Departments
Pratt Institute offers study at the undergraduate and graduate level through the Schools of Art, Architecture, Design, Information, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Continuing and Professional Studies.
Departments include School of Architecture: Undergraduate Architecture; Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design; Construction Management, Facilities Management and Real Estate Practice; Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. School of Art: Art and Design Education; Associates Degrees; Creative Arts Therapy; Creative Enterprise Leadership; Digital Arts and Animation; Film/Video; Fine Arts; Photography. School of Design: Fashion Design; Graduate Communications Design; Industrial Design; Interior Design; Undergraduate Communications Design: School of Information. School of Liberal Arts and Sciences: History of Art and Design; Humanities and Media Studies; Math and Science; Social Science and Cultural Studies; Writing. The Foundation Department serves first year students in all students in the Schools of Art and Design. The School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers Certificates, a PreCollege program, and Graduate Preparatory courses.
Bachelor Level Programs
All bachelor level programs are four years of study unless noted otherwise.
2-D Animation, Digital Arts, BFA
3-D Animation and Motion Arts, Digital Arts, BFA
Architecture, BArch (5 years)
Architecture, BArch, Morphology Concentration
Art + Technology, Digital Arts, BFA
Art and Design Education Combined Degree, BFA/MA
Art and Design Education, BFA
Communications Design, BFA (Emphasis in Graphic Design)
Communications Design, BFA (Emphasis in Illustration)
Construction Management, BPS
Critical and Visual Studies, BA
Fashion Design, BFA
Film, BFA
Fine Arts, BFA
Game Arts, BFA
Game Design and Interactive Media, AOS
Graphic Design, AOS
Graphic Design/Illustration, AAS
History of Art and Design, BA
History of Art and Design, BFA
Illustration, AOS
Industrial Design, BID
Interior Design, BFA
Painting/Drawing, AAS
Photography, BFA
Writing, BFA
Master Level Programs
Master level programs are two years of study unless noted otherwise.
3-D Animation and Motion Arts, Digital Arts, MFA
Art and Design Education Combined Degree, BFA/MA
Art and Design Education, MA (1.5 years)
Art Therapy and Creativity Development, MPS
Art Therapy and Creativity Development, MPS, Low Residency Program
Arts and Cultural Management, MPS (2.5 years)
Communications Design, MFA
Dance/Movement Therapy, MS
Dance/Movement Therapy, MS, Low Residency Program
Data Analytics and Visualization, MS
Design Management, MPS (2.5 years)
Facilities Management, MS
Fashion Collection + Communication, MFA
Fine Arts, MFA
Historic Preservation, MS
History of Art and Design, MA
History of Art and Design / Library and Information Science, MA/MS
Industrial Design, MID
Information Experience Design, MS
Interactive Arts, Digital Arts, MFA
Interior Design, MFA (2-3 years)
Library and Information Science, MS
Master of Architecture (M.Arch/First Professional) (3 years)
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA/First Professional) (3 years)
Master of Science in Architecture (Post Professional) (1.5 years)
Master of Science in Urban Design (Post Professional) (1.5 years)
Media Studies, MA
Museums and Digital Culture, MS
Packaging, Identities and Systems Design, MS
Photography, MFA
Real Estate Practice, MS (1.5 years)
Sustainable Environmental Systems, MS
Urban and Community Planning, MS
Urban Placemaking and Management, MS
Writing, MFA
Research Activity and Main Areas
Research energy, ideas, innovation, and scholarship can be found throughout the Pratt Institute community. From leading new community development policy research, to developing new sustainable art with robotics, to advancing research in K-12 art and design education, to knitting new wearables with conductive yarn, to visualizing unique GIS datasets, the #PrattResearchPower is endless. These research stories of innovation, impact, and reflective design practice, are being told through events, exhibits, publications, and entrepreneurship. Through partnerships, alliances, government and foundation grants, Pratt faculty, staff, and students are changing what we know about our world.
The mission of the Office of Research and Strategic Partnerships is to foster new and exciting research opportunities for faculty, staff, and centers at Pratt Institute, and to help make connections with each other, as well as industry and community partners beyond the gates of the Institute.
How can we adapt our ways of making for a world in need of change? How can we involve our community more deeply? How will our impact be measured? Questions like these drive us. At Pratt, our research drives new creative futures that can pave the way for a more equitable, just, and sustainable world. In the process, our faculty, staff, and students lead research that deepens what we know about our world and the ways we engage within it.
For us, research is about the impact, support and engagement of community. Our strategic partnerships enable us to realize this goal through large-scale projects like the creation of our new Research Yard with CUNY City Tech at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and DesignWorks High School, a new public school for design and social justice with Bank Street College of Education. Our newest strategic partnership is as a founding core partner in the New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island.
Established in 1963, the Pratt Center for Community Development works for a more sustainable and equitable New York City in partnership with community-based organizations, small businesses, and policymakers. As part of Pratt Institute, we use urban planning, architecture, and public policy to support community-based organizations in their efforts to improve quality of life, create economic opportunity, and advance sustainable development. Their work is grounded in four core values: Equity, Sustainability, Local Knowledge, and Diverse Economy.
The mission of Pratt’s Center for Art, Design, and Community Engagement K-12 is to increase access to instruction in art and design for children by leveraging the resources and expertise of the Institute to support school-age children, city-wide public schools, and youth-serving organizations. Taught by our expert faculty and students our on-campus and in-school programs develop children and young peoples' knowledge in the creative disciplines (art, design, architecture, and related fields) through hands-on studio-based learning. The programs are carefully designed and structured to support creativity and innovation, and problem-solving and collaboration.
The Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (SAVI) is a geographic information systems-focused research and service center that uses mapping, data and design understand urban communities. The lab provides instruction, technical support, and resources to Pratt students and faculty across disciplines and to external clients with a focus on non-profit and community-based organizations. SAVI also performs academic research with internal and external partners and offers a GIS and Design certificate program through the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
The Pratt Sustainability Center serves as a physical and virtual hub for Pratt’s commitment to educate environmentally and socially responsible citizens. The Center’s core mission is to coordinate and develop resources to further integrate sustainability into the academic experience of all Pratt students.
Doctorate Level Programs
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Subject Areas for Exchange Students
Students who attend schools that are our exchange partners are welcome to apply for undergraduate study at Pratt. A list of our exchange partners, grouped by area of study, can be found here: https://pratt-sa.terradotta.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.ViewLink&Parent_ID=0&Link_ID=0CA0A7CF-5056-BA2E-6F98CA170B5D6DA5
Application Deadlines
Exchange students must also adhere to deadlines set by their school. Deadlines for nominations to participate in student exchange at Pratt are September 1 for the Spring term and April 1 for the Fall term.
Teaching Languages
English
Semester Dates
Fall term: August through December
Spring Term: January through May
Cost of Living Per Month (Studying and Living)
Exchange students pay tuition to their home school. Living expenses in New York City can vary widely depending primarily on accommodation. Food, lifestyle, and transportation costs can vary immensely. On average, students can expect to spend $2000/month.
