Graduate

Master of Architecture

M.Arch

The Master of Architecture (M.Arch) is a two-year, NAAB-accredited, professional degree program, to educate tomorrow’s leaders in architecture through a collaborative, studio-based education that centers design, research, and technology.

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Sarosh Anklesaria

Assistant Teaching Professor & M.Arch Track Chair

Program Overview

The program addresses the grand challenges of our time through an understanding of Design Ethics at the intersections of Social Equity, Technology, and Climate Change. It trains students to demonstrate a solid intellectual base in Design Thinking by participating in advanced and emerging discourses in the discipline. The program is STEM-eligible for international students.

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Program Curriculum

Curriculum Chart (Class of 2026)

Curriculum Chart (Class of 2025)

Curriculum Chart (Class of 2024)

The curriculum aligns closely with the Pedagogies dialogues at Carnegie Mellon Architecture to offer courses in three simultaneous tracks: Design Fundamentals, Design Ethics and Design Research. The two-year M.Arch curriculum features advanced design methods that focus on design-research, synthesis, and integration at every level through deep disciplinary and interdisciplinary engagement of sites, buildings, landscapes, ecologies, and technical systems.

The curriculum chart outlines the minimum required courses that all students are required to take to achieve professional standards by graduation (including NAAB Program and Student Criteria). The curriculum requires students to take selectives (courses offered at Carnegie Mellon Architecture) and free electives (courses offered at Carnegie Mellon University outside CM-A).

If previous coursework meets standards of equivalency, students may apply to “Opt-out” of select courses. All opt-out petitions are made after admission has been granted, and are thoroughly reviewed by the program's faculty to ensure competency and completion of equivalent course work. All course substitutions must be of professional nature and approved by the program Track Chair.

• First Year: Praxis Studio Sequence
• Second Year:

Student Work