About

The College of the Arts is an engine of transformation that generates paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond, while nurturing adaptability, innovation, and excellence. We foster an environment where novel creative practice, leading research, and experiential learning thrive. Our students, faculty, and staff interrogate and respond to the ever-changing relationship between technology and the human spirit. We prepare future leaders in artistic professions and creative industries, while developing student capacity for interdisciplinary scholarship that serves and engages local and global communities.  

Established in 1975, the College of the Arts (COTA) offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs in its three fully accredited schools: School of Art + Art History, School of Music, and School of Theatre + Dance, and three centers and institutes: Digital Worlds Institute, Center for Arts in Medicine and Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. The college also includes the University Galleries (as part of the School of Art + Art History) and is a partner of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.