Affiliation with Parsons

Founded in 1886 as Parsons School of Design, today Parsons The New School for Design has its headquarters in New York City, a campus in Paris, and affiliates in Kanazawa, Japan, and in Seoul, Korea. Parsons has a great international reputation for its dedication to excellence in teaching art and design. An educational pioneer in these fields, it launched the first university-level design program in the United States.

Parsons today offers academic majors in areas such as fine arts, illustration, design and technology, communication design, fashion design, fashion marketing, interior design, product design, and photography. Parsons is one of eight divisions of The New School, which has a student body of about 40,000 in its different areas.

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The 2 + 2 Program-Parsons and Altos de Chavón

The curriculum of The Altos de Chavón School of Design was designed by Parsons' administration and professors and parallels Parsons' curriculum. As a result, under the unique 2 + 2 Program, a Chavón graduate with a satisfactory grade point average can transfer to the junior year in Parsons. The 2 + 2 Program gives students who begin their education at Chavón the opportunity to achieve a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree from Parsons, one of the most important institutions of art education worldwide.