The NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture (MArch) program at Parsons engages the constructed environment and pursues an architecture that directly addresses the interlinking challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social injustice. Your curriculum centers on creative interplay between thinking and making, manual and digital work, and local and global scales of operation. Working in the heart of New York City, you collaborate with communities and organizations and work as an agent of change through project-based learning. You work at the forefront of material based practices, balancing pragmatism with invention, to design a regenerative and socially just global future.
Architecture
University Rank:#787
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Duration3 year(s)
Tuition FeeUSD 26,858 / Semester
Next IntakeAugust 28, 2023
Architecture
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Urban Focus
Design for sites critical to New York City's evolution and consider issues related to infrastructure, public space, housing, and other matters of key importance to urban centers.
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Distinctive Design Workshop
Design and construct a project for a nonprofit client – from schematics to punch list – and gain hands-on training in practices that improve the social and physical environment.
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Innovative Approaches
Learn to contend with demands imposed by use, site, context, structure, and construction while gaining insights into architecture's pivotal role in shaping culture.
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Creative Collaboration
Share shops and studio spaces with students from related programs in Industrial Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Fine Arts, and Textiles, fostering interdisciplinary work.
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Dual-Degree Option
Develop a deep understanding of the relationship between architecture and light with the four-year dual degree combining the MArch with Parsons' MFA Lighting Design.
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Applicant Profile
This professional degree program welcomes a dynamic cohort of students holding a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture, a Bachelor of Architecture degree, or a four-year non-architecture degree.
Requirements
Entry Requirements
- Admission Requirements: International applicants are required to follow all admission procedures for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Please pay special attention to the transcript requirements for applicants with foreign credentials.
- Transcripts: Review the admission procedures for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Please pay special attention to the transcript requirements for applicants with foreign credentials.
- TOEFL, IELTS, and PTE, Cambridge English, or Duolingo: A TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE, Cambridge English, or Duolingo score is not required for applicants whose primary language is English or who have earned a four-year degree from a U.S. college/university or from a university where English is the primary language of instruction. Test score requirements are outlined in the application instructions.
- English Language Writing Diagnostic Examination: At Orientation, The New School for Social Research will administer an English Language Writing Diagnostic Examination to all newly enrolling international students who do not meet the criteria for exemption from the TOEFL requirement. Based on the results of this examination, students may be asked to take a supplemental writing course at no cost. The New School maintains the right to require English proficiency testing when deemed necessary.
English Requirements
- PTEMin 68
- IELTSMin 7.5
- TOEFLMin 100
Fee Information
Application Fee 50
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- Complete the application for your intended degree. All applicants to MA, MS, MFA, MArch, MPS, MM, and PhD degree programs; professional studies diploma programs; and graduate certificate programs should submit The New School’s Online Application.
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Architecture
The New School
United States of America, New York City