California College of the Arts

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

Welcome to California College of the Arts (CCA)! We offer 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs in architecture, design, fine arts, and writing. Take a tour of our creative campus, from the studios to residence halls to the classrooms, and hear stories from students and faculty members as you go.

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CCA Undergraduate Experience

CCA Undergraduate Experience

22 majors, unlimited possibilities. Explore it all at a top art and design school.

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CCA Graduate Experience

CCA Graduate Experience

Rigorous theory, radical practice. Make boundary-pushing, impactful work while earning a prestigious graduate degree.

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Meet CCA Tour

Meet CCA Tour

Get to know CCA's creative community through this short, undergraduate-focused tour.

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CCA Neighborhood Tour

Get to know CCA’s neighborhood and students’ favorite spots outside of the shops and studios. 

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Photo Gallery

Two students look at illustration work pinned to a white wall.

Exhibitions happen regularly on campus, highlighting work from our community like the 'YES, WE'RE ILLUS,' survey show.

People in a gallery

A look inside the newly built Novack Gallery.

A student closely examines an architectural model within the crowded Nave.

Students and faculty—from interiors and architecture, grad and undergrad, studios and seminars—brought physical models, drawings, and other creative outputs into the Nave for a pop-up mixer.

Students watch their teacher demonstrate use of robotic equipment.

The Digital Craft Lab is one of many state-of-the-art, cutting edge studio spaces available to our students.

A Fashion Design student presents her designs to a panel during critique in the Nave.

The Fashion Design program holds a Senior Review in the Nave to a panel of industry professionals.

A student shows a curved wood structure to a fellow student.

Student Nicole Wong works on a piece in the Bench Room, the Furniture program’s home room for woodworking, furniture design, and fabrication.

Students hold shoe models

Fashion Design and Industrial Design students work together in an investigative studio focused on footwear design.

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