Est. 1887
Sunnyvale, California
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  • Alum Adrian Majkrzak
  • Worlds Apart Behind the Scenes
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Important Dates

May 12th: 2012 Commencement

May 21th: Summer start date

August 27th: Fall start date

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Welcome to Cogswell

Located in Sunnyvale – in the heart of Silicon Valley – Cogswell is a fully accredited, 4-year, private college with a curriculum that fuses digital art, engineering and entrepreneurship. Cogswell offers an educational opportunity that is specialized, personal, technologically advanced and affordable.

  • Digital Arts & Animation

    Digital Arts and Animation offers students preparation in four concentration areas: 3D Animation, Entertainment Design, Game Design, and 3D Modeling. Read more...

  • Digital Audio Technology

    DAT program offers students who seek professional careers in the audio industry the opportunity to focus on audio production, audio product manufacturing, or healing and transformation through sound. Read more...

  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation

    Merging entrepreneurship and innovation with digital media prepares students to understand the business opportunities of digital media as well as the hands-on application. Read more...

  • Engineering

    Students get hands-on experience working with faculty in small groups; benefit from an educational environment that focus on learning, blends theory and practice, and integrates art and engineering. Read more...

The Cogswell Difference

  • Experience Cogswell

    Experience Cogswell

    Talent! Enthusiasm! Creativity! You can hear it in their voices, feel it in the classroom.

  • Worlds Apart

    Project X

    It's a one-of-a-kind, project-based class that simulates a professional animation studio by bringing together talented teams of artists, animators and sound designers. Learn more about the class that produced the film.

  • Fire Science

    Fire Science

    Cogswell's program is designed to give fire service personnel the chance to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Science with a concentration in either Fire Administration of Fire Prevention/Technology through distance learning.