Graduate Admitted Student Day

Join us in San Francisco on April 5, 2025, for our admitted graduate student event.

Admitted Student Day

April 5, 2025

Meet faculty professionals who will help grow your practice

Take your professional and creative practice to the next level at our Graduate Admitted Student Day on April 5, 2025.

Explore how CCA is immersed in the innovative San Francisco Bay Area arts, technology, and design industries through campus tours, shops and studios, in-depth program sessions, and faculty presentations. Connect to Financial Aid and International Student Services, tour student housing, and explore our expanded campus.

Admitted Student Day is just around the corner, please register for the event and get started on your travel plans to San Francisco.

Event Schedule

Welcome, admitted graduate students!

Agenda

3–4 pm: Welcome from CCA leadership

4–5:30 pm: Program-led sessions

Tour your program’s dedicated campus spaces and meet your faculty and fellow admitted students.

5:30–7 pm: Reception and happy hour

Connect with peers, meet faculty, and talk with representatives from International Student Services, Financial Aid, and Graduate Affairs & Community Engagement.

5:30 pm, 6 pm, and 6:30 pm: Optional housing tours

Go on a tour of our apartment-style on-campus residence, Blattner Hall.*

*Graduate students who live on campus for fall and spring are eligible to receive a $3,000 housing stipend. Speak with CCA Housing staff to learn more.

Program-specific events

1–2:45 pm: MArch and MAAD

CCA Architecture alumni panel and reception, 1111 Eighth Street, Room S7

3:45–4:45 pm: MFA Design, MDes Interaction Design, and MBA Design Strategy

Design panel: The future of things: AI as a new material for design, Nave Presentation Space

Join us for an insightful panel discussion that explores the transformative role of design in shaping the future of products, services, and systems enabled by generative, agentic, and distributed physical AI. Moving beyond the conventional focus on AI as a set of tools for designing, our expert panelists will debate how designers can reimagine and craft the next generation of “things”—from rethinking transportation and healthcare to reinventing how we cook, shop, communicate, entertain, and/or safeguard our communities from natural disasters. This conversation will highlight design’s power to envision future lifestyles, steer technological evolution, and generate lasting value for communities and our planet.

Panelists

Lauren Bedal, Design, Product Lead - Archetype AI
Tim Belonax, Brand - Anthropic
TJ McLeish, MDes faculty and AI expert - CCA
Karl Willis, Senior Research Manager - Autodesk

Moderators

Justin Lokitz and Elena Pacenti

5–8 pm: MFA Fine Arts and MFA Film

For The Time Being, CCA MFA Fine Arts Exhibition, ICA SF, 345 Montgomery Street, San Francisco

Learn how to accept your offer of admission, RSVP for upcoming virtual events, and find more information for admitted graduate students.

Travel Resources

For locals and newcomers alike

Staying in the city by the bay

CCA is located at 145 Hooper Street in San Francisco’s Design District.

How to plan your visit

Getting to campus

By rideshare — A rideshare service can drop you off directly in front of our main campus building.

By car—Limited parking is also available along streets adjacent to our campus, with a four-hour time limit. There are parking garages in the neighborhood.

By public transportation — Campus is accessible by BART with Muni bus connections at Civic Center station or 16th Street station or by Muni with nearby stops for the 19, 22, and 55 bus lines.

From the airport — San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is about 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) from campus. There are several options for getting to campus from the airport, and SFO also has shuttle services that provide transportation to any destination in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

Lodging in San Francisco

Our campus is located in the Design District near Potrero Hill, with the Chase Center, the most prominent neighborhood landmark, less than a mile away.

Out-of-town visitors like to stay at the following nearby hotels: Hyatt Place (701 Third Street); Hotel Via (138 King Street); and Luma Hotel (100 Channel Street).

Choose any one of your trusted travel booking sites to locate and book accommodations. You can also check out Visit California or San Francisco Travel for advice on what to see and do while you’re here.

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