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Graduate students at The New School for Social Research in New York City ask the kind of questions that challenge the status quo across the social sciences and humanities.
Guided by rigorous scholarship and a desire to apply academic discourse and discovery to current social problems, they critically examine interdisciplinary fields to become a force of new knowledge and ideas in the world.
Update: The New School for Social Research no longer requires the GRE for admission.
countries of origin represented by students at NSSR
of master’s and certificate students awarded merit scholarships (2022).
Professor Milberg focuses on the relationship between economics and politics, investigating the global phenomenon of authoritarianism and its effects on social welfare.
The New School for Social Research was founded in 1919 as a home for progressive thinkers, and housed the University in Exile in 1933, providing an academic haven for scholars persecuted in Nazi Europe. The school became the foundation for a comprehensive university—The New School—and continues the legacy of critical thought, civic engagement, and academic freedom today.