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Northeastern offers a Master of Architecture degree accredited by the National Architectural Accreditation Board and the current director of the progam is  Professor Tim Love.

The program leverages the School’s outstanding faculty and pragmatically grounded curriculum.  The physical and cultural context of Boston serves as a laboratory for the program’s design studios and is design-focused, but with a different approach than many schools. We find opportunities for innovation within the real estate and construction industries and current policy debates – rather than outside of them. This is how we intend to move architects to the center of the discussion about the future of our cities.

Students take courses in urban housing, practice integrated design and do original research on market-driven building types. The final degree project in the design studio offers an opportunity to leverage this research with real innovations in hybrid types, strategic alterations to existing ones, and to take on the challenge of finding prototypical solutions for systemic problems.

In addition to studio courses, graduate students take seminars in architectural theory and design strategy; and electives are available in real estate development, sustainable building techniques, urban landscape, and other topic. There is also a unique course that looks at case studies of architecture firms in practice, problem solving, and innovation. Students will leave our program with a unique balance of technical, theoretical, and strategic tools to make a real difference in the profession.

There are multiple ways that this degree can be completed:

1-YEAR PROGRAM

A Masters of Architecture degree is offered as a one-year completion to the five-year Northeastern Bachelor of Science (BS) degree (with a major in architecture). Students who complete the five-year degree at Northeastern with a 2.5 minimum overall GPA apply for admission to this one-year, 32-semester hour program. NU students may also avail themselves of the financial benefit of the Double Husky Scholarship.

2-YEAR PROGRAM

Students who have earned a BS in Architecture (or equivalent) from another institution may apply for entry to the two-year M.Arch. Program, which is 68-semester hours. A portfolio is required for applicants to this program.

3-YEAR PROGRAM

Students with an undergraduate degree in a discipline other than architecture may apply to the 3-¼ year M.Arch 1 program. The program requires three years and a summer to complete. Students spend a semester at the School’s Berlin program and are enrolled in two four-month co-ops. After completing an accelerated introductory curriculum, graduate students in the M.Arch 1 program will merge into the existing curriculum for the M.Arch program. A portfolio is preferred but not required for applicants to this program.