Applications for Fall 2011 Due March 31, 2011

Overview

PSU offers a two-year Master of Architecture professional degree program complementing its existing pre-professional undergraduate degree. The Master's program extends the Department's established focus on urban, issue-led design research through creative hands-on material fabrication, conceptual speculation and critical inquiry in a context of sustainable practices. Graduate studies culminate in original student-generated Design Thesis propositions fully focused on Portland's unique urban environment. The program has achieved candidacy status for accredition from the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).

Application Process

To apply for graduate studies at Portland State University all applicants must submit two separate application packets. One is sent to the PSU Office of Admissions and the other is sent directly to the PSU Department of Architecture.

Department of Architecture Application (download pdf here)

Deadlines

Students are admitted to the Master of Architecture program each Fall Term. The Department Admissions Committee will review applications beginning February 1. Notice of acceptance or regret will be sent out from the first week in April. Later applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis dependent on space in the program.

**Note: A second deadline has been established for application to the Fall 2011 Master of Architecture program. Completed applications are due to the Department by Thursday, March 31.**

PSU Applications Checklist

Full details about PSU Graduate Admissions Application are found at www.pdx.edu/admissions/graduate-admission

• University Application of Graduate Admissions form
• $50.00 non-refundable application fee
• Sealed office transcripts from each post-secondary institution attended
• TOEFL Scores for those applicants for whom English is not a first language

Department of Architecture Checklist

• Copy of the front of the University Application for Graduate Admissions form
• Completed Master of Architecture Application form
• Sealed official transcripts from each post-secondary institution attended
• Portfolio of creative work
• Statement of Intent
• Resume listing work experience, educational background and travel experiences
• Three letters of recommendation
• GRE Scores
• TOEFL Scores for those applicants for whom English is not a first language
  

Portfolio Specifications

The Admissions Committee is especially interested in each applicant's creative capacities, use of imagination in architectural design and other creative pursuits, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to communicate ideas through an exploration of diverse media and representational formats. These qualities are best presented in a well-composed portfolio. Please follow the following format in putting together the portfolio.

• the portfolio must be no larger than 9" x 12", and can be either portrait or landscape format
• use no more than 10 bound pages (20 sides)
• include your name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address on the first page
• use supporting text and annotation informatively and with strong editorial control
• illustrate your work in a manner that enables a reviewer to perceive the creative journey you experienced in pursuit of design propositions, including a sense of process as well as final resolution

Portfolios will be returned only if a self-addressed, appropriately stamped mailer is included in your application packet.