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List of Lighting Design Schools
Learn2light offers an overview of schools that have diverse educational programs in design, engineering and science with focus in architectural lighting.
These schools have a minimum of one instructor or professor who devotes the majority of their time to lighting design and at least five courses dedicated to lighting related topics. Individual programs offer degrees at bachelors, masters or doctoral levels as well as certificates and minors in architectural lighting.
Degrees may be offered in the field of lighting design specifically or in other cognate disciplines including architecture, interior design or engineering.
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OTIS College of Art and DesignLos Angeles, CA USA 
OTIS College of Art and Design is located in sunny, temperate Los Angeles, a magnet for artists, designers and innovators from around the world. OTIS' Lighting Design Certificate program was launched in 2010 with support of a Nuckolls Fund Grant. The program enrolls non-degree-seeking students through Continuing Education (CE) as well as Architecture/Landscape/Interiors B.F.A. students. Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia 
The QUT post-graduate lighting program commenced as an internal program in July 2004.The program has been developed to provide a full and comprehensive lighting education that is relevant to any person with an interest in lighting. Our Lighting programs are based on the university's slogan of a 'university for the real world' as the courses are tailored to meet the needs of the ever expanding lighting industry.
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Ryerson UniversityToronto, ON Canada 
This multidisciplinary certificate is designed to provide students with the broad knowledge base and wide range of skills required as professionals in the lighting industry. Graduates of this program are working to design buildings which are environmentally responsible and ergonomically sound, and with enhanced vision for health and safety.
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HAWK University of Applied Sciences and ArtsHildersheim, Germany 
In Europe, Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen is the only institution that has developed and installed "Lighting-Design" as a full-time undergraduate degree course. It is an interdisciplinary course which integrates and uses the competence of other existing faculties, such as Interior Design, Architecture, Product-Design and Economics or Art. Penn State UniversityPennsylvania, PA USA 
Penn State offers a 5-year undergraduate Architectural Engineering degree with an option in Lighting and Electrical Systems that focuses on lighting design. The graduate program in lighting admits students from backgrounds in Architecture, Engineering or Science. Graduates are employed by top lighting design and A/E firms, lighting product manufacturers and academic institutions. Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX USA 
Begun with a Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education grant in 1996, lighting design at TCU blossomed into an interdisciplinary lighting minor with a dedicated, well equipped educational lighting lab in two years. The Lighting Designer in Residence program has attracted a veritable who's who of lighting design including Paul Gregory, Chip Israel and Jonathan Spiers.
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University of ColoradoBoulder, CO USA 
Students following the lighting and electrical option in the Architectural Engineering undergraduate curriculum take a minimum of 5 lighting courses that help them acquire the knowledge for the lighting industry. The lecture work helps students learn the theory of light, vision, and computations. The design studio course work helps students learn design principles, apply theory, and solve lighting design problems. University of NebraskaOmaha, NE USA 
Architectural Engineering is the engineering design of buildings. Students specialize in either the design of building structural, mechanical and acoustical systems, or building lighting and electrical systems. The intent is to develop both breadth and depth. At the graduate level, the program of studies is customized to a particular student's area of specialization.
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Bartlett School of Graduate StudiesLondon, UK 
The MSc/Graduate Diploma Light and Lighting aims to provide an holistic approach to lighting design considering the human response to light and lighting, the science and technology of the subject, together with the design of lighting as an integrated part of architecture. HAWK University of Applied Sciences and ArtsHildersheim, Germany
In Europe, Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen is the only institution that has developed and installed "Lighting-Design" as a full-time undergraduate degree course. It is an interdisciplinary course which integrates and uses the competence of other existing faculties, such as Interior Design, Architecture, Product-Design and Economics or Art. Hochschule WismarWismar, Germany
The aim of the course in Architectural Lighting Design is to train the students in the application of daylight in architecture as well as in artificial lighting. Light is considered to be essential in the perception of architecture. By working on independent projects and practical experiments the students can deepen their knowledge achieved in theoretical lectures. KTH, Royal Institute of TechnologyHanden, Sweden 
Our approach to light and lighting design is a combination of visual, physical and biologically knowledge applied to design, technology and health. The aim is to provide the student with the knowledge and understanding that is required for interior and exterior lighting design projects with electrical and daylight solutions. New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY USA
The MPS in Interior Lighting Design focuses on natural and artificial illumination for the interior environment. It offers a range of skills and techniques, both conceptual and practical; history and theory of lighting design; sustainability principles; integrated system design; as well as financial analysis, code compliance and project maintenance. Parsons The New School for DesignNew York, NY USA
Located in the heart of New York City, the MFA Lighting program at Parsons offers a strong foundation in the intellectual, aesthetic, historical and technical considerations in lighting design. The interdisciplinary studio based design curriculum reflects the concern that human experience is central to all projects, with socially responsible engagement in the built and natural environments. Politecnico di MilanoMilan, Italy 
The Lighting Design Master aims to create professional profiles in the field of lighting design - in interiors, museums, hotels, show business, retail and urban exteriors. Attention is focused on analysis and synthesis of a methodological process toward the realization of a lighting solution. Technological innovation in the lighting field is critical. Also important are the socio-cultural aspects of designed lighting. Queensland University of TechnologyBrisbane, Australia
The QUT post-graduate lighting program commenced as an internal program in July 2004.The program has been developed to provide a full and comprehensive lighting education that is relevant to any person with an interest in lighting. Our Lighting programs are based on the university's slogan of a 'university for the real world' as the courses are tailored to meet the needs of the ever expanding lighting industry.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY USA
The graduate programs in lighting at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are housed with the Lighting Research Center, the world's premier university-based research center devoted to lighting. Rensselaer's graduate programs in lighting include course work in the physics of light, lighting technology, lighting design and application, human factors, and light and health. The University of SydneyNSW 2006, Australia
Lighting design concerns the creation of interior and exterior spaces for work and pleasure. It is a vital part of architecture and interior design. This program was the first graduate program in English; established in 1979. Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain 
"Masterdia" program is clearly aimed to the professional profile of Lighting Designer: we use a pedagogical method that follows the lighting project process so that we ensure students to achieve critical professional skills in each step of their education, both in natural light and in artificial light. University of ColoradoBoulder, CO USA
Students following the lighting and electrical option in the Architectural Engineering undergraduate curriculum take a minimum of 5 lighting courses that help them acquire the knowledge for the lighting industry. The lecture work helps students learn the theory of light, vision, and computations. The design studio course work helps students learn design principles, apply theory, and solve lighting design problems. University of NebraskaOmaha, NE USA
Architectural Engineering is the engineering design of buildings. Students specialize in either the design of building structural, mechanical and acoustical systems, or building lighting and electrical systems. The intent is to develop both breadth and depth. At the graduate level, the program of studies is customized to a particular student's area of specialization. University of OklahomaNorman, OK USA 
Students pursuing a Master of Interior Design in the Architectural Lighting concentration have the opportunity to collaborate with the other disciplines in the College of Architecture on various projects and research while studying Lighting Controls and Technology, Lighting Design for Dance/Musical Theatre/Opera, Fixture Design, and Lighting Design Computation and Visualization. Penn State UniversityPennsylvania, PA USA
Penn State offers a 5-year undergraduate Architectural Engineering degree with an option in Lighting and Electrical Systems that focuses on lighting design. The graduate program in lighting admits students from backgrounds in Architecture, Engineering or Science. Graduates are employed by top lighting design and A/E firms, lighting product manufacturers and academic institutions.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY USA
The graduate programs in lighting at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are housed with the Lighting Research Center, the world's premier university-based research center devoted to lighting. Rensselaer's graduate programs in lighting include course work in the physics of light, lighting technology, lighting design and application, human factors, and light and health. Bartlett School of Graduate StudiesLondon, UK
The MSc/Graduate Diploma Light and Lighting aims to provide an holistic approach to lighting design considering the human response to light and lighting, the science and technology of the subject, together with the design of lighting as an integrated part of architecture. Penn State UniversityPennsylvania, PA USA
Penn State offers a 5-year undergraduate Architectural Engineering degree with an option in Lighting and Electrical Systems that focuses on lighting design. The graduate program in lighting admits students from backgrounds in Architecture, Engineering or Science. Graduates are employed by top lighting design and A/E firms, lighting product manufacturers and academic institutions.
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University of ColoradoBoulder, CO USA
Students following the lighting and electrical option in the Architectural Engineering undergraduate curriculum take a minimum of 5 lighting courses that help them acquire the knowledge for the lighting industry. The lecture work helps students learn the theory of light, vision, and computations. The design studio course work helps students learn design principles, apply theory, and solve lighting design problems. University of NebraskaOmaha, NE USA
Architectural Engineering is the engineering design of buildings. Students specialize in either the design of building structural, mechanical and acoustical systems, or building lighting and electrical systems. The intent is to develop both breadth and depth. At the graduate level, the program of studies is customized to a particular student's area of specialization.
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