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College of Design

Join a creative community at the ÌÇÐĹÙÍø in Eugene and Portland—training artists, architects, and designers who use their imagination and diverse tools to make inspiring creations that tackle ecological challenges and shape a more inclusive built environment.

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More than 300 programs across nine schools and colleges. Find your path — from undergraduate degrees to advanced research.

Fall Classes Begin: September 28, 2026

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Your journey to the ÌÇÐĹÙÍø starts here. Submit an application, explore financial aid and scholarships, or schedule a campus visit.

Early Action Deadline: November 1, 2026

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A top-tier R1 research university where breakthroughs happen every day.

UO research expenditures: $267M annually

Life at the ÌÇÐĹÙÍø is more than classes. It's community, culture, and the kind of experiences that shape who you become.

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Programs and Degrees

With a focus on sustainability and innovation, the College of Design offers 27 programs at the ÌÇÐĹÙÍø Eugene and Portland, including degrees and majors in architecture, urban planning, art history, sports product design, and more.

Featured Programs

Three Schools and One Department

The College of Design is a unique academic ecosystem composed of three schools and one independent department, offering diverse opportunities for study and research in architecture, digital arts, sports product design, urban planning, art history, and more.

Hands-On Active and Creative Learning

In the College of Design, learning happens in production studios and through real-world projects, where students shape their ideas and find inspiring approaches to solve problems and make an impact on the world.
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Sustainable City Year Program

Through applied coursework and hands-on projects, the Sustainable City Year Program connects students with Oregon communities to address real-world urban and sustainability challenges and create a livable future.
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Studio Learning

Our studios offer unique classroom space where designers and artists can work with materials, tools, and supplies to create projects in a workshop environment, supported by colleagues and instructors in small classes.
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Study Abroad and Field Schools

With more than 200 study abroad and field school programs in 60 countries, College of Design students from all disciplines strengthen their portfolios through creative projects inspired by diverse cultures and global settings.

College of Design By the Numbers

  • Top 4 Ranking in Sustainable Built Environments and Adaptive and Resilient Design
  • Top 10 Public Administration and Planning Programs on the West Coast
  • 110+ Scholarships Available

Creative and Practicing Faculty

Our faculty in both Eugene and Portland are practicing architects, designers, and artists working to advance sustainability and address current challenges in architecture, art, community planning, and design.

Ihab Elzeyadi

Ihab Elzeyadi

  • Professor of Architecture and Building Science

  • Director, High Performance Environments Lab

Ihab Elzeyadi focuses on architecture that supports human wellbeing through indoor environmental quality, building performance evaluation, and lighting design.

Kate Mondloch

Kate Mondloch

  • Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory

Kate Mondloch’s research centers on contemporary art and theory, digital and immersive environments, and the relationship between art, perception, and embodied experience.

Nicole Ngo

Nicole Ngo

  • Associate Professor of Planning, Public Policy and Management

Nicole Ngo’s research explores public health, environmental policy, and urban sustainability with projects examining the impacts of traffic and transportation on air pollution and health.

Tannaz Farsi

Tannaz Farsi

  • Professor of Art

Tannaz Farsi uses objects and images to explore history, identity, and geography and draws from cultural artifacts, feminist histories, and authoritarian systems to represent non-Western subjects through a lens that defies conventional identification. 

Kyu-ho Ahn

Kyu-ho Ahn

  • Associate Professor of Interior Architecture

With professional experience in space planning, design, and project management, Kyu-ho Ahn studies human behavior in the built environment, universal design, equity-centered design, and accessibility.

Gerard Sandoval

Gerard Sandoval

  • Professor of Planning, Public Policy and Management

Gerard Sandoval works at the intersection of urban planning, immigration, and sustainable neighborhood revitalization to support ethnic identity, equity, and bioregionalism.

Susan Sokolowski

Susan Sokolowski

  • Professor of Product Design, Portland

With connections to Nike and over 110 US and foreign patents, Susan Sokolowski works on sports product design, performance footwear, and wearable technology.

Student and Alumni Success Stories

Our students don’t just become artists, architects, and designers—alumni use their College of Design experience for creative pursuits as social scientists, humanities scholars, engineers, economists, environmental advocates, planners, policy makers, and more.

Kim Nichols

The architecture program at UO Portland pushes us to think beyond the traditional role of the architect. We need to think deeply about the impact of our building, how we engage culturally with the community and build buildings that people will love and want to take care of for 100 years.

Master of Architecture Degree '25 · Architectural Designer, Bora Architecture and Interiors, Portland

Kiera Patterson

It has been awesome getting the opportunity to be creative and actually make a physical product that you've designed from the first sketch.

Product Design Degree '23

Sadie Mae Palmatier

It’s been a wonderful experience to get to learn from so many types of professors from so many fields that have supported me from the start. My interests have been celebrated in a way that’s never happened to me before.

Master of Community and Regional Planning Degree '23 · Transportation Planner, Oakland, CA

Gabriel Alvarado

The biggest factor by far is the quality of the instructors. Almost all of them are actual working architects. They are so brilliant, extremely talented, and they give a lot of freedom, which allows the creative environment to be diverse.

Architecture Major '26 · Architecture Student, ÌÇÐĹÙÍø Portland

Kait Huntington

I am passionate about the discipline, and this program allows me to refine and strengthen my research and writing skills while simultaneously expanding my academic and professional opportunities within the field of art history.

Master of Arts, Art History Degree '27 (expected)· Graduate Student, Accelerated Art History Master's Program

Wilson W. Smith III

Whenever I see people wearing my product I feel overjoyed. I think, 'It's a shoe.' They could have worn anything. They chose one I designed. That's a major honor.

Architecture Degree '80 · Senior Designer and Nike DNA Design Specialist, Nike

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With more than 100 years of history, the College of Design is a national leader in architecture, art, community planning, and design, preparing students for creative careers in arts and culture, public leadership and service, and the built and natural environment.