Create Your Own Master’s Degree

Prepare to cross academic boundaries and explore where your passions intersect at the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Bring us your idea for a graduate program of study, and we’ll support you in pursuing your goals.

Discover a School of Individualized Study

Located in New York City, NYU Gallatin allows you to dive deep into your passions with an individualized, interdisciplinary master’s degree. Whether you seek to answer a burning question, hope to pioneer a dynamic career path, or simply want to explore connections among your varied interests — NYU Gallatin allows you to go beyond academic conventions and design your own master’s degree.

Further your artistic talent, delve into the humanities, study social sciences, and make an impact with your degree. We are looking for driven, self-motivated students who need something unique from a graduate program. Our supportive advisers will guide you to channel your vision into a focused, rigorous curriculum.

“Gallatin really prepared me for my PhD program. It taught me how to be resourceful, to pursue my passions, and to look outside of the conventions of academia to ensure that my work had an impact beyond NYU.”

“Spending a significant amount of time in New York, combined with the free-form curriculum, planted the seeds for my current work with the United Nations and provided the groundwork for my doctorate.”

“The Gallatin Global Fellowship in Urban Practice offered me the extraordinary experience of traveling to Madrid to investigate the struggles and journey of a grassroots organization of Latin American domestic workers. This unforgettable fieldwork nourished my master’s thesis.”

Design Your Education

You’ll work closely with a faculty adviser to customize an interdisciplinary master’s degree that aligns with your interests. Recent MA candidate concentrations have included topics such as Blackness and Metaphor, Urban Studies and Policy, and Poetry and Digital Storytelling.

Take Courses Across NYU

Gallatin offers the unique opportunity to take courses across NYU’s graduate and professional schools. You’ll be encouraged to map new relationships between fields of knowledge and discover how your interests intersect within them.

Learn By Example

At Gallatin, students and faculty collaborate across disciplines, practices, and traditions. As interdisciplinary scholars themselves, Gallatin faculty will inspire you to push academic boundaries and chart new intellectual pathways. Together, you’ll create a master’s degree tailored to your interests and goals.

Experiential Learning at NYU Gallatin

Earning your master's degree in New York City opens doors to a variety of learning opportunities. You’ll have the chance to explore connections between academic ideas and professional development. Below are a few examples of organizations where our students have interned.

Expand Your Idea of Education at NYU Gallatin

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