PhD

Architecture

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 43.6 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 6, 2025
17 place StudyQA ranking:4202 Duration:5 years

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The Ph.D. program in architecture is oriented toward the training of scholars in the field of architectural history and theory. Its structure reflects a dual understanding of the scholar's role in the discipline at large: as a teacher and as a researcher making an original contribution to the field, with an emphasis on expanding and reinterpreting disciplinary knowledge in a broad intellectual arena. Course requirements are therefore designed to give entering students a solid foundation in historical knowledge and theoretical discourse, with sufficient flexibility to allow the initiation and pursuit of individual research agendas. The program's focus is on the history and theory of modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism in an international and cross-cultural context, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Within this, a wide range of research is supported through the varied expertise of the faculty and through strong relationships with other departments throughout the University and beyond.

Students are required to spend four semesters in residence during which time they are expected to take thirteen courses (39 credit points), of which eight must be taken for a letter grade. The required academic course work breaks down into the three sections described below. In addition to the doctoral colloquia, five classes should be seminars. It is assumed that these courses will be spread out evenly over the first four semesters of study.

For any course in which a student receives an incomplete, he or she must complete all outstanding course work before the beginning of the next academic year. Those who do not meet these terms will be required to take a leave of absence at their own expense to finish all necessary course work.

At least once each semester students should meet individually with the director of the program and with their adviser. Students are free to change their advisers during the course of their studies.

Requirements

  • 600 on the TOEFL paper-and-pencil test
  • 100 on the TOEFL internet-based test
  • 7.5 on IELTS
  • Transcripts of all previous post-secondary education 
  • A statement of academic purpose
  • A curriculum vitae or résumé
  • Three letters of recommendation from academic sources 
  • GRE scores and, if applicable, results of the TOEFL or IELTS examination to fulfill the English Proficiency Requirement
  • A sample of scholarly writing, if required by the department or program
  • Payment of the application fee
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