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Welcome to Pratt Institute! Ranked among the top design colleges in the world, Pratt features an award-winning faculty and highly ranked majors in virtually every area of art, design, and architecture. Pratt is the only art and design school in New York City with a traditional college campus and 25 acres of beautiful tree-lined outdoor space. With state-of-the-art studios and facilities, several on-campus dining areas, galleries, and even a gym with a fitness center, Pratt's campus is a student oasis in the art and culture capital of the world. Most first-year students live on campus, ensuring deep lasting friendships and a true residential college campus experience. In case this is your first visit, here are some tips to help you get started: -To jump to the next destination, select the "Next" button on the right side of your screen. -Or, if you already know where you want to go, simply select that location from the list on the sidebar OR directly on the map below. -And remember to explore each destination in more detail by clicking the interactive icons included throughout each location.
The Student Union
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Welcome to Pratt! I'm Jack, a senior 3D Animation major. One reason I love Pratt is because of my professors, who have all gone way above and beyond to ensure I'm growing as an artist and person. I'm Peyton, a sophomore writing major. I love Pratt's small studio classes that allow me to have a more personal connection with my peers and professors. I'm Brooklyn, a senior photography major, and I chose Pratt because I knew I wanted to be in New York while still getting a traditional college feel. We're so excited to show you some of the features of our main campus before doing a deep dive into all the amazing majors we have to offer.
Pratt's Residence Halls
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Pratt has a vibrant campus community, housing more than 1000 students in its residence halls. Most first-year students live on campus, and about half of upperclassmen live on campus. Housing is guaranteed for all incoming first-year students who submit enrollment deposits by May 1 and housing applications by June 1. Housing is available after the first year for students who submit all paperwork by the deadline. Experience a true residential college campus to call home during your education, and a place to meet life-long friends with similar interests. We look forward to hearing from you and learning more about you!
Athletic Resource Center
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Pratt features a full gym and fitness center on campus, unique to art and design schools in NYC. Pratt Athletics is also excited to be a provisional member of the NCAA Division III. Pratt is already a member of the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the American Collegiate Athletic Association, sponsoring cross country, basketball, indoor/outdoor track, soccer, tennis, equestrian, and volleyball. If you have played a particular sport in high school and want to continue to compete in that sport at Pratt, contact the head coach directly by clicking on Recruits at goprattgo.com, and a coach will follow up with you.
Pratt's Main Dining Hall
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At Pratt, you have variety of dining options right on campus. With a focus on freshness and a dedication to wellness, you can taste the difference with locally-sourced vegetables, house-made specialties, and freshly-prepared items featured throughout the cafés on campus. Create a beautiful salad, enjoy gourmet options right off the grill, or go for delicious comfort foods! Everywhere you turn, you’ll find fresh, mouth-watering choices. Food service includes vegetarian, vegan and kosher options to name a few. Choose from tantalizing healthy selections throughout the day.
The First-Year Experience in Foundation
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At Pratt, you'll start in the foundation year. Foundation in all majors is a yearlong experience: Two semesters that transform incoming students into a connected community. Foundation year gives you the skillset to feel confident in your work. All art and design majors take foundation, with architecture, writing, and critical and visual studies students exploring a separate and distinct first year. Film, fashion and photography students also learn in a slightly modified first year including courses specific to these programs. This year of interdisciplinary research and experimentation encourages self-discovery and social engagement, and it instills a practice of seeing and critical inquiry that will be with you throughout your life.
The Pratt Library
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Pratt's library features interiors designed by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. Built in 1896, it has more than 230,000 books in print and thousands of online books, journals, articles, images, and videos. Almost any book we don't have can be borrowed through interlibrary loan. It also features special collections including Artists' books, zines, pop-up books, historical documents and images, and more. Films, videos, projectors, cameras and lighting equipment are also available for checkout through the library.
2D Animation, 3D Animation and Motion Arts, Interactive Arts, and Game Arts
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Prepare for successful careers in art, technology, and entertainment in Pratt's top-ranked digital arts programs. Working with an accomplished faculty, you'll apply contemporary practices to the production of digital animation, motion arts and interactive artworks, and game design. You'll develop your passion and end your senior year with a professional screening of your work. Small class sizes and mentorship with faculty enable you to acquire robust production skills and create a professional portfolio. The program features outstanding studios including digital classrooms, an audio recording studio, a green screen facility, and 2 and 3D printers, as well as the most up-to-date technology.
Film
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At Pratt, film majors create, write, direct, and edit as "total filmmakers" and are taught by active professionals in the field. Join the next generation of innovators in moving image and sound, learning narrative, documentary, experimental, and hybrid approaches. Pratt's program is ranked among the top film programs, and you'll have access to state-of-the-art facilities including a green screen room, sound stage and audio recording rooms, and so much more, as well as access to the best technology and equipment.
Photography
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Pratt's photography program prepares you to be an artist and a photographer, and is ranked among the top photo programs in the US. You will explore all photographic genres including but not limited to digital photography, traditional black and white photography, color photography, non-silver processes, large-format photography, studio lighting, and "professional practices" electives such as curatorial, editorial and fashion photography. Photo students have interned with amazing talent like David LaChappelle and Annie Leibovitz. Studios include lighting studios, black-and-white darkrooms, fully equipped state-of-the-art digital photography labs, and large-format digital printing studios. Equipment such as film and digital cameras, lighting gear, and more is available to all photography students.
Fine Arts (Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Jewelry, Sculpture and Integrated Practices)
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As a Fine Arts major, you will specialize in painting, drawing, printmaking, jewelry, or sculpture and integrated practices. Explore electives like bronze casting, etching, and ceramics, as well as topics in new media, design disciplines, and contemporary conceptual genres. A faculty of award-winning artists helps you reach your full creative potential, while mentoring you and connecting you with internships. The program is ranked among the top fine arts programs and features outstanding studios and facilities. Senior students exhibit thesis work in one of Pratt's on-campus galleries, and our graduates pursue creative and professional careers as studio artists, community artists and educators, critics, curators, gallerists, creative entrepreneurs, and arts administrators.
Art and Design Education
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Become certified to be an "artist-teacher" through our Art &Design Education major and teach art at Pre-K thru 12 level. Pratt's art and design education department has been preparing professionals to lead the field of art and design education for more than a century. Faculty are active practitioners in schools and community organizations, nationally and internationally renowned artists and designers, and published researchers and teachers. Art Ed majors take Pratt's art and design foundation, with a combination of art education and studio classes in an art or design discipline. Minors include Teaching Art and Design in NYC and Museum and Gallery Practices. Join us! Learn to teach in our own Saturday Art School; observe, teach and conduct research in New York City public schools, or intern in a NYC museum. This program is ideal if you want to not only make art but teach as well. You can opt to pursue one of two paths—either NY State Certification in Visual Arts, Pre-K-12, or an immersion in community art and design education. A four-year BFA and five-year combined BFA and Masters (MA) are offered.
Two-Year Associate Degree Programs at Pratt's Manhattan Campus
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Located at Pratt's Manhattan campus in Chelsea, the Associate Degree Programs are intensive two-year art and design degree programs that integrate the best of new media and technologies with a strong commitment to a traditional art and design curriculum. These programs include the career-track A.O.S. Degree or the transfer to B.F.A.-track A.A.S. Degree, offering transfer-track options to Pratt's B.F.A. programs. A.O.S. programs include Graphic Design, Illustration, and Game Design and Interactive Media. A.A.S. programs include Painting/Drawing and Graphic Design/Illustration.
Construction Management at Pratt's Manhattan Campus
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Pratt has the distinction of being one of the first, and one of the few, schools in the nation to offer degrees in Construction Management. The faculty consists of leading New York City professionals who have overseen projects such as the World Financial Center and the Croton Reservoir. Our faculty are leaders in the field, managing major national and international multimillion-dollar projects. In Pratt's program, you will visit New York City construction projects and experience these "jobsites" as classroom labs. Like business management, Construction Management is the planning, coordinating, and building of a project from conception to completion. The Construction Manager's raw materials are often a vacant piece of land, a set of construction drawings in digital or hand copy, and a project manual. The day-to-day challenges of construction management make for some of the most demanding and rewarding assignments in the world, whether you are managing or overseeing the construction of a towering skyscraper or a low-rise condo. Construction management is a collaborative effort. The primary relationships among stakeholders can be represented by a triangle, with the owner at one point, the architect/engineer at another and the construction manager at the third. Given the growing complexity of design and construction, whether urban, suburban, or rural, there are no major projects that are built without a construction management team.
Architecture
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Pratt's NAAB accredited and STEM designated five-year Bachelors of Architecture degree is ranked among the top architecture programs and prepares you to lead in the architecture field. Explore various study abroad options and minors like Constuction Management or Entrepreneurship. Our prestigious faculty of practicing architects provides professional experience, along with exciting internships, with many leading to future jobs. In fact, looking at the NYC skyline, it's probably easier to make a list of buildings that haven't involved Pratt folks than to make a list of those that have. Learn in incredible studios and work with the most up-to-date technology.
Interior Design
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Pratt's interior design program, ranked among the top programs of its kind in the United States, was one of the first in the country. The program is an architecturally-oriented program, where you study the interior design environment and its impact on the human spirit and experience. Coursework includes classes in materials, color, and light, as well as architectural drawing, computer graphics, building construction, environmental qualities, sustainability, and professional practices. Students also participate in exciting internships and can explore study abroad options and a variety of minors like entrepreneurship, sustainability, and more.
Industrial Design
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In Pratt's industrial design program, you'll work with a faculty of professional designers, owners of successful businesses, and recipients of prestigious industry awards. You will explore studio classes in product, furniture, tabletop, food design, or shoes and athletic gear, creating products to improve people's lives. The department offers study-abroad exchanges with a number of leading European design schools, and a summer program in furniture making in Copenhagen through the Danish International School. Alumni are designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate leaders.
Pratt's top-ranked Communications Design program includes concentrations in graphic design and illustration. Words, images, strategies, motion, and sound—whether on a page, wall, television, laptop, or phone—are the tools you need to communicate a message. In our program, you are able to chart your own path and explore a variety of exciting electives, representing courses that focus on advertising art direction, creating content, business, entrepreneurial projects, information design, social media, design thinking, and audio branding. You will acquire the skills needed to realize your visions, whether it be within a corporate structure or starting your own practice, all thanks to a faculty of seasoned industry professionals.
Fashion Design
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Fashion Design at Pratt offers a concept-led,craft-based education that spans multiple disciplines. You'll learn 2D and 3D construction processes that are innovative in cut, shape and silhouette. We define fashion practice as cultural messaging through clothes. An accomplished faculty challenges you to seek beyond the conventional. Explore internships at top design companies such as Thom Browne, The Row, Oscar de la Renta and more. Pratt Fashion graduates go on to do remarkable things. Many develop their own collections, and virtually all find placement at top design houses in New York and beyond. Pratt alumni design for Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Creatures of the Wind, Ralph Lauren, and others.
Critical and Visual Studies
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The Critical and Visual Studies BA is a multidisciplinary liberal arts major that blends art theory, aesthetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and history with cultural studies. If you love culture and the arts and seek a degree combining the humanities and social sciences, Crit Viz is right for you. The program is also ideal if you're interested in art and design but not necessarily interested in making art. Recent graduates work at The New Yorker, Banana Republic, the Mishkin Gallery, and independent media companies. They also enjoy careers in advertising, art direction, communications, art curating, archival management, higher education, media, journalism, fashion and marketing, art and museum administration, and community programming.
Writing
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Writing majors begin writing on their first day at Pratt, and they continue writing for four years, completing a book-length work for their thesis. They also read widely in contemporary and classical literatures. Our students specialize in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction while also exploring a vibrant range of other contemporary forms, including playwriting, screenwriting, graphic novel, fabric books, children's book writing, young adult writing, podcasting, and experimental genres. A wide array of internships and engagement with distinguished visiting writers lead to jobs. Our internship program matches your special talents with a remarkable array of professional opportunities (recent internships have included The Daily Show and Buzzfeed News).
History of Art and Design
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Pratt's art history program is located in the historic East Hall. Pratt is an exceptional place to study the history of art and design. With Manhattan only minutes from Brooklyn, our campus attracts leading artists, designers, historians, and theorists. The faculty is comprised of distinguished scholars who focus on the intellectual and professional growth of our students. Both a BFA and BA program are offered. The BFA program includes studio classes and is ideal for those who want to be makers as well as historians. The BA program is a more traditional art history program.
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