Program objectives

The program aims to train researchers who do not have a professional degree in architecture, to lead original research pertaining to their fields in architecture and urbanism.

Curriculum

Students with a four-year bachelor’s degree in architecture (BSc), social sciences, humanities, landscape architecture, engineering, sciences or the arts must take advanced courses for 24 credits and complete a thesis for 20 credits, or take advanced courses for 32 credits and complete a capstone paper for 12 credits.

Students with a three-year bachelor’s degree must take advanced courses for 30 credits and complete a research thesis for 20 credits, or take advanced courses for 38 credits and complete a capstone paper for 12 credits.

Students with a four-year bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Sciences (with the exception of Architectural Sciences), must take 10 credits of prerequisite courses in Architecture certification studies. Students with a four-year degree in social sciences, humanities and the arts must take 15 credits of prerequisite courses in Architecture certification studies, of which up to 6 credits of Bachelor-level courses. Students with a three-year degree in these fields must complete 20 credits of prerequisites. Additional prerequisite courses may be required, depending on the student’s background.

For more information on prospective research advisors and their research fields, click here.

To browse our vast list of research labs and research groups, click here.

Admissions requirements

The program accepts students with a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Sciences, Landscape Architecture, engineering or sciences, with an excellent academic record (grade point average of 85 or above), and students with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and humanities who ranked in the top 15% of their graduating class.

Application

To apply, click here.

Contact

Keren Steger, Graduate Studies Coordinator, Amado Building 312, +972-4-8294285, ar.g.ad@technion.ac.il