Graduate / Master to become an Architect?

Marsden
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:02:17 +0000

The firms I’ve worked with didn’t care if you had a B.Arch or M.Arch, it was more a matter of your portfolio, your experience, and which school it was. We hired a lot of Cooper Union and Cornell grads with B.Arch’s and a lot of M.Arch’s from various schools. I also don’t think this is a distinguishing factor with respect to the exams.

The options are 5, 4+2, and 4+3 years. 4+3 assumes a liberal-arts or other non-architectural undergraduate degree, and 4+2 assumes an architectural (but nonprofessional) undergrad degree. Read up in the archives for many spirited discussions of the advantages/disadvantages of each. If you’re absolutely certain that architecture is the one and only career for you, the 5-yr B.Arch is the fastest route there.