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Our 2022 application is now live! Please click here to access the application. 

  • Current Cooper Union Student Applicants

    If you are currently a junior in the undergraduate program at Cooper Union, you should NOT submit a Master of Engineering application. All current juniors should complete the Dual Degree Master's Program Notification Form. Please click here to learn more about the dual degree program.

    The application requirements listed below are for applicants who already graduated from Cooper Union or are currently seniors pursuing an integrated degree in Cooper Union's School of Engineering. The below materials must be submitted through the application by February 15, 2022.

  • All Other Applicants

    The application requirements listed below are for applicants who have NOT graduated from or will not be graduating from Cooper Union's School of Engineering. The below materials must be submitted through the application by February 15, 2022.

    • B.Eng. degree in an engineering discipline
    • Master of Engineering Application
    • Official copies of post-secondary transcripts, including college/university transcripts
    • Official TOEFL, IELTS, or DET scores, (if Bachelor’s Degree was taught in a language other than English)
    • Two letters of recommendation, with at least one from a STEM course instructor
    • Résumé 
    • OPTIONAL: Official GRE Scores

  • Résumé Requirements

    In a separate document, please submit a résumé, listing any professional licensure or certification along with a statement indicating what areas within engineering you seek to study. Be sure to outline any relevant academic honors or awards, teaching or work experiences, internships, publications, research, projects, websites, patents, or other evidence of creative scholarship. In the same document, please list any relevant graduate-level coursework taken and method of instruction; traditional, on-line, and hybrid (mix of on-line and traditional). 

For help with questions regarding the graduate application and admissions process, visit our online FAQ. Please email additional questions to admissions@cooper.edu. 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.