Overview & Degrees Offered

Degree programs and courses in architecture at PennDesign.

With approximately 250 graduate students, the department is housed at Meyerson Hall, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus, at the corner of Walnut Street and 34th Street. In addition to design studios, exhibition spaces, classrooms and offices, this facility includes state of the art laboratories for computing and fabrication, and two advanced research labs: the Digital Design Research Lab and the Building Simulation Group.

The professional program in Architecture offers a number of study abroad options, currently including a semester abroad in London as well as summer abroad programs in Paris and Tokyo. It enjoys collaborative relationships with other disciplines of the School of Design — historic preservation, landscape architecture, city planning and fine art and offers dual degrees and certificates in many of these allied fields. Students are eligible for a range of scholarships including travel scholarships.

Please click on a link below to learn more about the academic programs offered by the Department of Architecture. Download one of the following pdfs for Architecture Course Descriptions or the Architecture Course Roster:

Downloads
Travel_Studio_Guidelines_2009-2010__3_.pdf
Master_in_Environmental_Building_Design_5-2-2011.pdf
PennDesign_New_Student_Orientation_Schedule_8_16_12.pdf
Tech_Electives_2012-2013.pdf

Professional Program (M.Arch)

The Master of Architecture program is a three-year first professional program at the graduate level.

Post-Professional Program (M.Arch II)

PP@PD // the Master of Architecture: Post-Professional (M.Arch II) is a one-year (two-semester) program intended for individuals who hold a five-year Bachelor of Architecture professional degree and seek to supplement, extend, or focus their previous education in architecture.

Dual Degrees within PennDesign

Dual Degrees offered from programs within PennDesign.

Master of Science in Architecture

The Master of Science degree is intended for those with an undergraduate professional degree in architecture who wish to pursue a self-directed program of study at the advanced level.

Doctoral Program (Ph.D. Architecture)

The Ph.D. Program in Architecture confers an advanced research degree.

Certificates

Certificate programs offered by the School of Design

Master in Environmental Building Design (MEBD)

An advanced, one-year Master in Environmental Building Design (MEBD) for architects seeking new skills and competitive advantage in the growing field of sustainable design.

NEW MEBD SITE

STUDENT WORK

Integrated Product Design (IPD)

Masters of Integrated Product Design

Handbooks

Links and downloads