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Applying as an Undergraduate

Spring 2013 and Fall 2013

Pratt's new online application for fall 13 and spring 13 are now online. Below are links to our requirements and our online application. We ask all students to apply online since our process is now electronic including status checks. Full instructions are found below. If you're not sure of your major, read about our programs below. Questions? Email us at admissions@pratt.edu or check our FAQs.

Checking your Application Status

You may check the status of your application at checklist.pratt.edu.  You will not receive an email confirming receipt of your application.    It takes about six weeks for items received to be assembled with your file so please be patient.  If you have just submitted your application, it typically takes about a week for it to show up on the checklist. If you do not see it after one week, please notify apphelp@pratt.edu. 

Undergraduate Programs of Study

Pratt has a wide variety of highly ranked programs (associate's and bachelor's ) from which to choose in its three undergraduate schools: School of Architecture, School of Art and Design, and  School of Liberal Arts and Sciences   Students can explore their artistic interests by taking courses in other majors. Students have the option to apply as "undecided" if they are unsure of their major in the School of Art and Design. Students interested in architecture, construction management, fashion, writing, or critical and visual studies must apply to those majors as they have a different first year. The School of Art and Design offers a "foundation year" for all majors but fashion. Below is a list of of programs with links to the departments.  If you're looking for admissions requirements, they can be found online as well.

Brooklyn Campus

Manhattan Campus

Two-year Programs

Four-Year Programs

Affiliated Programs

PrattMWP in Utica: majors in communications design, fine arts, art education, and photography. Visit PrattMWP online.  Please note: PrattMWP students who relocate to Pratt within the major they studied at PrattMWP will be juniors at Pratt.  PrattMWP students who change their major upon relocation to Pratt will come in as sophomores for all programs but fashion design.  Fashion design requires that they start as freshmen because of the different first and second years.

Delaware College of Art and Design in Wilmington, Delaware: majors in communications design (graphic design, illustration, advertising art direction), fine arts, photography, animation, and interior design.  Visit DCAD online.    Note: DCAD students who apply to Pratt within the major they studied at DCAD will enter as juniors at Pratt.  DCAD students who apply to Pratt for a different major from the one they studied at DCAD will come in as sophomores for all majors but fashion design because of the different sophomore year.  Fashion design students will enter as freshmen because of the different first and second years. .

Recognized internationally for the quality of its programs, faculty, and students, Pratt offers students:

  • A world-class faculty of successful working professionals who ensure the highest professional standards in the classroom while connecting students with internships and eventually jobs.
  • A choice of 27 majors and concentrations in its three schools: architecture, art and design, and liberal arts and sciences.
  • The ideal locations--a beautifully landscaped Brooklyn campus just minutes from Manhattan with historic buildings, tree-lined green spaces, contemporary sculpture park, and outstanding facilities and a Manhattan campus in a recently renovated historic building in Chelsea.  The Brooklyn campus houses all the four-year programs but construction management, which is offered in Manhattan.  The two-year associate's programs are offered in Manhattan as well.
  • An Outstanding Professional Education: Ranked third nationally for industrial design, fourth for interior design and eleventh for architecture by DesignIntelligence (2013).   Students begin their professional studies in the first year--an intensive preparation that is highly valued by the professionals who hire Pratt graduates.

Change of Schools Within Pratt: Pratt current students who wish to transfer from one school to another within the Institute should complete a Change of School Transfer Application and submit it to the Office of Admissions no later than June 1 for the fall term and December 15th for the spring term.  A $50 application fee must accompany the application.  Students must meet the admissions criteria for the program to which they are applying.  See www.pratt.edu/apply for admissions criteria for transfers. Portfolios may be uploaded at https://pratt.slideroom.com under the heading Undergraduate, put on a CD or printed out and submitted with the application.   Credit transferred to the new program from either Pratt or other colleges is not computed in the new grade point average.  If the transfer is approved, your form will be sent to the Registrar's Office for an evaluation of your transfer credit.  A limit of one transfer between schools will be considered. Students requesting a second transfer will be required to obtain additional approval from both deans and the Office of the Provost.

Ranked one of the top design schools by Businessweek.