Columbia College Chicago offers top-notch facilities designed to help students explore their ideas, work on projects and collaborate with each other.
Creative careers start here. At Columbia College Chicago, you’ll learn to think like a designer and problem-solve like an entrepreneur. As a student in the School of Design, you can explore degrees in graphic design and interior architecture. Career opportunities await in these areas, fostered by interdisciplinary coursework, entrepreneurial thinking, collaboration, and unique creative experiences. You’ll access the latest technological, design, and scientific thinking to guide you through a rapidly changing world. Explore your interests at all levels through a curriculum that evolves with best practices, trends, and prepares you for a career in your industry.
CAREER READINESS
MAJORS
From connecting you to internships to helping you develop door-opening bodies of work to making an important professional connection, Columbia helps students launch their careers.
Creative Professional Studies (BA) Graphic Design (BA) Interior Architecture (BFA)
CAREER EXAMPLES Art director
96%
Brand manager Creative director
POPULAR MINORS Animation
Graphic designer
Game Art
Interior architect
of recent graduates reported being employed, continuing their education, or achieving success in their creative practice within a year.*
Lighting designer Product designer Space designer
Game Design Graphic Design User Experience
UX/UI designer
ALUM SPOTLIGHT Norman Teague ’14 Designer, educator, and founder of blkHaUs Studios. His socially focused designs have been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art. Lisa Korpan ’19 Architectural designer, art director for FX’s “The Bear” Seasons 1–4, and adjunct faculty in design at Columbia.
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colum.edu/design *Rates are based on institutional surveys. Learn more: colum.edu/effectiveness
Student Center
Printmaking Studio
Gallery Spaces
Fabrication Lab
Students in Columbia College Chicago’s School of Design have access to professionalquality facilities and welcoming spaces where they can create, collaborate, study, and connect with other students. Across campus, they can take advantage of computer labs with industry-standard software, open studios, fabrication facilities, printmaking spaces, and the collegewide Makerspace. These spaces give students the tools and resources to develop their creative work while being part of Columbia’s vibrant creative community.
Questions? Contact Admissions: 312-369-7130 | admissions@colum.edu colum.edu/admissions
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