Program Overview

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Introduction to Tisch School of the Arts

The Tisch School of the Arts at New York University offers a wide range of programs in the arts, from undergraduate to graduate levels. The school is committed to fostering a community of artists, scholars, and professionals who are dedicated to the advancement of the arts.

Programs and Departments

The Tisch School of the Arts comprises several departments and institutes, including:

• Institutes
  • Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television
  • Institute of Performing Arts
  • Institute of Emerging Media
  • Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts
• Undergraduate programs
  • Collaborative Arts
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Performance Studies
  • Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies
  • Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
  • Undergraduate Film & Television
  • Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
  • Interactive Media Arts (IMA)
  • NYU Game Center
  • Photography & Imaging
  • Open Arts
  • Minors
  • Courses for Non-Majors
• Graduate programs
  • Art & Public Policy
  • Dance
  • Design for Stage & Film
  • Grad Acting
  • Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
  • Performance Studies
  • Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies
  • Graduate Film
  • Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
  • Virtual Production
  • ITP / Interactive Media Arts (IMA) Low Res.
  • NYU Game Center
  • MA in Media Producing
  • Courses for Non-Majors

High School Programs

The Tisch School of the Arts offers high school programs that provide college-level artistic training in New York City and online. These intensive and enriching courses are taught by Tisch undergraduate faculty.

J-Term/Spring/Summer

Visiting students and non-majors are invited to take classes during January Term, Spring at Tisch, and Summer. Earn credits towards your major or minor, build your résumé with an internship, or take classes to change careers.

Tisch Pro/Online

Tisch Pro/Online Courses are non-credit
on-degree courses that give you professional training in various artistic industries. Build your creative skillset with an online course or join us in New York City.

Study Abroad

Experience the world in a whole new way. Our short-term and semester-long study abroad programs are specially designed to draw on the artistic strengths of our global partners and incorporate the rich history, techniques, and traditions of each country.

Special Programs

The Office of Special Programs at Tisch School of the Arts provides access to the arts. Whether you're an NYU or visiting college student, high school student, or working professional, we provide you with the introductory exposure to the performing or cinematic arts and the advanced-level training to grow your craft.

Student Affairs

The Tisch Office of Student Affairs comprises 20 professionals on a mission to provide you with the support you need to find meaningful community and success as artists and scholars during your time at Tisch and beyond.

Research

The Initiative supports and highlights research in all modalities, present and imagined - encouraging curiosity, investigation, and entrepreneurism, through advocacy, grant planning, mentorship, and funding opportunities.

Art & Public Policy

The Department of Art & Public Policy (APP) at the Tisch School of the Arts is a place to bring your vibrancy, your questions, your practices, your hard work, your dreams, and your readiness to dig into what NYC has to offer in relation to art, critical thinking, writing, community building, politics, social movements, and more.

Degree Programs

The Department of Art & Public Policy offers a Master's degree in Arts Politics and an undergraduate minor in Arts Politics.

Message from the Chair

The Chair of the Department of Art & Public Policy welcomes students to the academic year and looks forward to connecting with them, connecting them with each other and our alumni, and connecting them with the wider NYU and NYC community of artists, entrepreneurs, thinkers, scholars, and makers.

Events

The Tisch School of the Arts hosts various events, including the announcement of the inaugural Tisch Creative Research Collaborative Impact Grantees, which empowers faculty-student/alumni partnerships to drive groundbreaking, interdisciplinary creative research addressing critical global challenges.

News

The Tisch School of the Arts publishes news about its students, faculty, and alumni, including the selection of five Tisch student essays as finalists for the Mercer Street publication and the feature of Professor Karen Finley in "The Brooklyn Rail".