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Designing a Better Future Through Architecture
The Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) graduate degree at Miami University builds its pedagogy around the urgent needs of the 21st century. The program prepares students to be the next generation of architects and leaders in their communities. By offering a NAAB-accredited degree, the Miami experience provides a balanced structure of professional preparation and individual exploration; allowing students to develop their own unique perspective on architectural practice.
National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) Accreditation
The Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) is a graduate degree that is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). In addition to a period of professional internship, the M.Arch degree qualifies individuals for the Architectural Registration Examination (ARE) and licensure in architecture.
Architecture Curriculum and Courses
Our curriculum is designed to foster our students’ diverse interests, such as sustainable urban design, community engagement, building performance, digital fabrication, and cultural heritage. After a core set of courses focused on professional preparation and academic rigor, our students explore diverse topics, conditions, and regions to complete their thesis.
M. Arch. II and M. Arch. III students complete both a written and a design thesis, supervised by their graduate faculty committee. The graduate design thesis is unique. It is the major design and research exercise for graduate students. You are free to develop a project based fully on your areas of interest. To support this, we have a committee of faculty serving each student. There is a nationally open graduate symposium at which students present their work in a conference format. We have an established Visiting Maxfield Scholars initiative through which each year we invite a renowned specialist to visit twice per year to work with students individually. Each student completes a written thesis. Many students go on to publish their work and present at conferences.
We offer two tracks:
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The two-year professional program is designed for students with a pre-professional degree that is equivalent to a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture. Normally, a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science in Architecture is considered an equivalent pre-professional degree. Other undergraduate degree programs, in which the students have completed four years of architectural design studio and requisite course work in architectural history and architectural technology, may also satisfy partial requirements for admission to the M.Arch. II program.
The M.Arch. II program is typically completed in two academic years. Students in the program must complete both a written and a design thesis.
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The three-year professional program is designed for students with an undergraduate degree other than architecture. The program was established to bring in students from diverse academic backgrounds, offering a variety of perspectives, different intellectual viewpoints, experience, and maturity that can significantly enrich the teaching and learning culture of the department.
The M.Arch. III program is typically completed in three academic years. Students in the program must complete both a written and a design thesis.
In the first year of the three-year program, students learn the fundamentals of architectural design, technology, history, and theory, and also develop visual analysis and graphic communication skills. Design work from this first year will be reviewed by graduate faculty to determine eligibility to continue to the Second Year curriculum.
Meet Our M.Arch. Alumni
Our graduate students have, for many years, produced outstanding work, gone on to work with some of the world’s leading architectural firms, and established multiple award-winning enterprises of their own. Examples include Safdie Architects, Shepley Bullfinch, and Urbanus, to name but a few. Our students have also come from across the globe and gone on to work in cities across the world. Examples include Bangladesh, Iran, and India.
Miami’s master’s program gave me the space to explore my passions. It was through these explorations that I determined what trajectory I wanted to take my career in.
Alex Hogrefe, M.Arch. ’10
Miami University’s graduate program helped me by engaging me in real-world projects – thanks to courses like professional practice and my various design studios.
Irene Kapinga, M.Arch. ’20
Additional Opportunities for Architecture Graduate Students
Maxfield Scholar
Students design their own symposium each fall that highlights their thesis research topics and includes the department’s Maxfield Scholar, a visiting scholar who also serves as the thesis respondent at the spring thesis presentations.
Award-Winning Faculty
The Department has specialists in social justice and community design. Our faculty are in the field of net-zero energy design, have a full range of widely published historians and theorists, and several graphic, video, and fine artists who have exhibited across the United States. In addition, we have expertise in digital design and fabrication, as well as urban design and planning and more. The range of our faculty expertise is essential to support our unique design thesis approach, through which students get the opportunity to develop their own specific areas of expertise.
Center for Community Engagement
Architecture graduate students can work alongside community partners through the Center for Community Engagement in Cincinnati’s diverse and changing Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
Facts and Stats
A Degree That Holds Its Worth
of eligible degree-seeking graduate students receive funding in the form of a graduate assistantship and/or tuition waiver
Miami University Graduate School stats
of Master’s Degree graduates are successfully employed, enrolled in higher education, or in a volunteer/service program
Miami University Graduate School stats
of graduate students are international students and 16.9% of graduate students are diverse domestic graduate students
Miami University Graduate School stats
Architecture, M.Arch. Admission and Funding
Applicants must first satisfy the entrance requirements of the Graduate School of Miami University to be accepted into the Master of Architecture Program.
Visit the Department of Architecture + Interior Design Graduate Admissions webpage for detailed information.
The application deadline for fall admittance is Jan. 15.
Contact Us
Graduate Admission
513-529-GRAD (4723)
[email protected]
Department of Architecture and Interior Design
Jeff Kruth
Director of Architecture Graduate Studies
Department of Architecture and Interior Design
Alumni Hall 100A
350 E. Spring St.
Oxford, OH 45056