Parsons Paris School of Art + Design

  France

• Paris: 
Paris

Term: Fall, Spring, Summer 
Dates: Academic Year and Summer Programs

Description: Parsons Paris is a school for serious art and design students with a genuine desire to fully develop their talents. Students who accept the challenges offered by the faculty join a community of artists, scholars, and designers who are collectively committed to engaging creative resources, expanding skills, exploiting learning opportunities and refining values and a sense of professional direction. Classes at Parsons Paris are small and informal, resulting in close working relationships among students and faculty alike. Students are thus exposed to the substantial variety of work produced by an international team of artists and designers.

While the larger campus is certainly Paris itself, the facilities of Parsons Paris with its museums and historical sites, are ideally suited for the creative endeavors proposed in the classroom. Sky-lit studios used for drawing, painting and sculpture surround a central courtyard for quiet concentration. A fully equipped photography studio, printmaking room, fashion atelier, and computer lab enable students to explore the limits of their creativity. An in-house gallery features exhibits both professional artists and Parsons Paris students alike.

Classes, limited to 10 to 15 students, along with the individual attention provided by the faculty, provide an optimum environment for developing the discipline and skill required of the student's artistic pursuit. This close knit community provides a home base for our international student body.

Highlights: BFA degree programs in Fashion and Fine Arts as well as a BBA degree in Design and Management. Students can also begin degrees in Communication Design, Illustration, and Photography in Paris and complete their program at Parsons School of Design in New York. While classes are taught in English, we encourage students to study French so that they can take full advantage of their time in Paris.

The Visiting Student Program provides an extraordinary study abroad option for college sophomores and juniors, or those with an undergraduate degree who wish to spend a semester or year experiencing the art, design, and culture of Paris. The intensive curricula is an excellent preparation for entering an MFA program or refining a professional level design portfolio. Working side-by-side with Parsons Paris degree students, visitors have access to all studio facilities.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 19,660 euros annually

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to France Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. Limited need based scholarships are available for degree students

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Other
• Transcript
• Written Application

Parsons Paris School of Art + Design's Mission Statement: Parsons Paris School of Art + Design promotes the artistic and intellectual maturation of promising students into exceptional professional artists, designers and design managers through a rigorous art, design and liberal arts education. Parsons Paris emphasizes the ethical role of creative disciplines, viewing art and design practice as meaningful and necessary contributions to society. Contemporary methods of visual production are taught on the foundation of traditional skills in the fine arts. The school aims to be a supportive, creative community of committed students, faculty, administration and alumni.

Year Founded: 1921