Study with world-class makers and thinkers. Take bold risks. Then take some more.
Through hands-on experience, social engagement and deep inquiry, you will acquire the agile habits of mind necessary to take your place in the creative sector and contribute to the public good.
A Close-Knit School with a Big Impact
At Tyler, students across all majors engage in creative exploration and critical inquiry. Our students build core skills, collaborate across disciplines, and apply what they learn to shape their work and the world around them. With guidance from dedicated faculty and access to world-class facilities, Tyler students grow with purpose, expanding their perspectives, deepening their practice, and preparing to make a meaningful impact.
“I don’t know always what my students are going to study after their first year (and neither do they!), but we build a connection to images and ideas through drawing that lasts for years…and when I see them later in their majors, we still connect over drawing.”
Gerard Brown
Associate Professor, Foundations and Painting
“It's ok to not know what you want your focus to be as soon as you enter Tyler. Our school offers a cross-disciplinary education and all the faculty in every department are interested in the students being supported and making what they truly want to make, and highly encourage experimentation.”
Feather Chiaverini
Program Coordinator and Adjunct Instructor, MFA '22
Transformative Growth
When so much of modern life demands speed and efficiency, Tyler offers you the space to immerse yourself in the work of your life – engaging deeply and with a sense of purpose – while you iterate, add new skills and sharpen existing ones. It’s here in our rich multidisciplinary environment that you will evolve intellectually and professionally under the guidance of national and international leaders in your field.
Tyler Academic Programs
21 undergraduate programs + 17 graduate programs – all offering small classes and dedicated to educating the next generation of visionaries, subversives, communicators, makers, builders, and thinkers.
Tyler Academic Community and Opportunities
In Tyler’s stimulating environment of artists and designers, art historians and historic preservationists, ceramicists and city planners, you will discover trans-disciplinary synergies, new ideas, aesthetic breakthroughs and problem-solving strategies. You will learn how to grapple with contradictions and unknowns. Hardly surprising that so many Tyler graduates end up in transformative roles.
Tyler Faculty
Learn from award-winning faculty practitioners and scholars who are expanding the boundaries of their fields. In small classes and studios, they’ll not only share their industry and artistic insights, they will also come to know you and your goals, encouraging you to not only meet them but exceed them.
Tyler Facilities
Gorgeous light-filled studios. An arboretum. A public gallery space. Specialized equipment that includes 3D printers, computerized looms, digital fabrication labs, CAD labs, 2D and 3D scanners, enviable glass and ceramics facilities and so much more.
Temple University’s Study Abroad Program
Many Tyler students take advantage of Temple’s dynamic study abroad program. Not only can you choose to enrich your education by studying at a Temple campus in Rome or Japan, you can also travel to 150-plus institutions and overseas campuses all over the world.
A Transformative Education
Sera Park’s (BS ’24, Art History and Economics) Temple Rome Entry Year experience changed her career path, and went on to intern in the conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“I don’t think I’d have chosen this field if I hadn’t studied abroad,” said Park, who originally wanted to work in an art auction house. “My professors and friends know how passionate I am about art conservation. That wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t been exposed to the field in Rome.”