Student Experience
Our Student Life team is committed to guiding you through every step of your college experience, from orientation to graduation.
Our comprehensive approach integrates academic support, essential services, and vibrant social activities to enhance your experience. Crafted with your well-being as the cornerstone, our programs cater to your physical and emotional needs, nurturing personal growth, fostering creative expression, and promoting community engagement. Discover a myriad of opportunities within our campus clubs, curated social outings, personalized counseling services, and dedicated academic advising resources – all designed to empower you and ensure that your time at PCA is fulfilling, enriching, and transformative.
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“Student Life made my move to Paris quite smooth. They assisted me with checking into my apartment upon arrival and have been instrumental in navigating French bureaucracy.”
– Terence Berchman, BFA Fine Arts
Charlie Le Mindu x PCA collaboration
In April 2024, PCA revealed a huge collaboration with hairstylist Charlie Le Mindu involving an alumna, faculty, students and Chair of the Fashion Design Department which garnered global attention and multiple press articles.More
Alumna Stories: Man-Hsuan Chen
In February 2024, we caught up with Man-Hsuan, former PCA student who is in the process of obtaining her art therapist license to learn more about how her experience at PCA shaped her decision to pursue this profession.More
A Conversation with TV Screenwriter, Jen Regan.
Jen Regan, LA-based television screenwriter will be our next PCA Talks speaker on April 25 at 5 pm.More
In The Making, 2024 graduating class End-of-Year Design Show
This end-of-year show will include work by graduating students of the Communication Design and the Fashion Design departments, as well as the graduating students of the Interior Design undegraduate and graduate degrees, Foundation and Certificate studentsMore
PCA's End of the Year Shows 2024
Join the entire PCA community to celebrate the end of the academic year with exhibitions, a musical theater performance and a fashion show, from May 7 to 9, 2024More
2024 End-of-Year Musical: Scratch That!
Step right up! Get ready for a wild ride of laughs and chills in the PCA original musical “Scratch That!” When a bunch of pals seek a fortune teller to chat with their prom-night goat friend, it tends to be a recipe...More
Class of '24 Graduating Students Fashion Show
Join us as the senior students of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design present their graduating collections.More
PCA Graduate students hold an exhibition at Espace Usanii
Three students from different Graduate programs are thrilled to extend an invitation to the PCA community for the opening of their upcoming exhibition held at Espace Usanii!More
PCA X Terra Foundation: Alma Sofia Fernandez-Garcia presents the "New Memorials"
MFA Photography and Image-Making student Alma Sofia Fernandez-Garcia, together with her peers from Université Paris Nanterre, will present a research project completed for the Spring 2024 PCA/ Terra Foundation/ Université Paris Nanterre Program on the theme of New Narratives in American Art...More