The Iowa State University College of Design is home to about 1,850 undergraduate and 100 graduate students. We're a small college at a big university, and you can enjoy the best that both have to offer.Iowa State is an international university with a friendly welcoming personality. Students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries come to Ames, Iowa, to choose from 100 majors, study with world-class scholars and hone their leadership skills in 800-plus student organizations. Iowa State offers a great environment where students can enjoy reaching their potential and discovering their passions.

Our mission is to educate students to become successful designers, planners, artists and scholars who enhance human experience and improve the natural, social and built environment. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and partners will be leaders who imagine and respond to challenges and opportunities in a sustainable manner using innovative, interdisciplinary approaches and technologies.