Welcome to DAAP

It is my pleasure to officially welcome you to the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, known as DAAP. The entire DAAP family is pleased that you have chosen to study here. Please make yourselves comfortable and commit yourself fully. At the end of your time here, we are confident that you will be conscientious agents of change and responsible global citizens.

Within DAAP, you'll have the opportunity to work with students, faculty and professionals in all of our disciplines. Each day, you'll be exposed to a broad range of creative activities. Within your classes, you will collaborate with both academic and industry leaders across the spectrum of design, architecture, art and planning. Additionally, the university at large will offer you an even greater range of possibilities as professionals in science, business, engineering and other disciplines across campus seek the input of our faculty and students to engage in interdisciplinary efforts dedicated to improving the quality of life through innovations in art and design. Many of our programs include cooperative education. Within paid professional practice, you will gain real-world experience, expanding your education while building impressive resumes and professional networks.

DAAP is frequently ranked as one of the best art and design schools in the nation. Recently, Business Week ranked our design programs as one of the world's elite. I.D. (International Design) Magazine listed UC among the globe's Top 10 design schools - and we are the only public institution to make that list. National surveys of employers by DesignIntelligence rated our Interior design program as first in the nation, and our architecture and industrial design programs as second in the country. An industry publication, Planetizen, also ranks our graduate programs in planning amongst the best. Our faculty is internationally celebrated. School of Art professors have recently been honored with a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and exhibition in prestigious galleries, including Tate Modern in the United Kingdom and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

Our accolades are accompanied by a great responsibility to our students. We are dedicated to living up to our acclaim by working carefully with you to assure that DAAP is a a world-class art and design institution - a place where students are engaged, involved, concerned and prepared for lifelong practice in their respective fields.

Sincerely,

Robert Probst
Interim Dean