Welcome

Welcome to the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, which we affectionately call DAAP. We are pleased and honored that you have chosen to pursue your education with us. Our promise to incoming students is simple: if you are committed to working hard at learning - we will open up the world to you.

Here, you'll experience a creative, energetic environment, and a culture of teamwork and partnerships. Our curricula is relevant, focused, active, and engaging. Faculty members are experts within their disciplines, current in their professional fields, and excited about exploring the unknown with you.

Many of our programs include cooperative education as an essential part of the academic process. Our graduates are successful because they experience the real world frequently while earning an academic degree. As a point of fact, over 300 leading U.S. interior design firms, and over 800 leading U.S. architecture firms rank DAAP as their first overall, and first public institution, respectively, from which to hire new employees.

No matter which of our four schools - Design, Architecture and Interior Design, Art, or Planning - is the center of your course of study, you will find that the opportunities here are unmatched. We invite you to visit our building.

Sincerely,

Robert Probst
Interim Dean