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Envision Your Future Here

Bring inspiring projects to life–and to the world. Lead the next wave of sustainable design. Cultivate your artistic passion. Realize your career aspirations.  

At NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD), you can learn to do it all. 

Located amidst the buzz and beauty of San Diego's eclectic East Village (near the Gaslamp Quarter and PETCO Park), NSAD is an icon of leading-edge instruction in an urban environment. We're among a select group of institutions that offer accredited professional architecture programs in the western United States.

Our flexible class schedules accommodate your ambitions–whether you're just beginning or a veteran in the field–while our philosophy of experiential education helps you advance them. Our job placement rates are at or above 90 percent for eligible architecture graduates*. The NSAD faculty is made up of prominent practitioners who enrich their classes with a spirit of collaboration and real-world challenges.

*According to the NSAD Consumer Fact Sheet 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.