Apply to the School of Engineering

STEM Inventors

High schools and middle schools in The Cooper Union’s East Village neighborhood are invited to participate in an engineering enrichment program. Students are immersed in a hands-on engineering project that broadens their understanding of engineering and design concepts and develops skills through problem-solving.  

Within the STEM Inventors program, you are invited to take a 36-week STEM Class that involves project-based engineering and design and leadership-based workshops.  Special consideration will be given to students from low- and middle-income New York City households. Financial aid and transporation is provided to eligible households. 

Administrators and Educators: Complete the STEM Outreach Interest Form to be updated when registration opens.  Note this opportunity is only for schools or classes. 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.