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Indiana University - College of Arts and Sciences

Indiana University - College of Arts and Sciences
Master in Architecture

Bloomington, USA

DEGREE TYPE

Master degree

DURATION

3 years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

* domestic applicants

Key Summary

About : The Master in Architecture is designed to deepen your understanding of architectural practices and theories. This program combines rigorous academic study with hands-on experience, allowing you to develop innovative design solutions. Through various studio projects and comprehensive coursework, you’ll engage with contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism.

Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue diverse career opportunities, including roles as licensed architects, urban planners, design consultants, and project managers. Other pathways include working in sustainable design, historic preservation, and academic positions in higher education.

Reimagine built environments, anywhere in the world

The J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program (M.Arch) at Indiana University offers a unique studio-based curriculum designed to educate the architect of the future. Equally well-versed in technology, science, art, and the principles of architecture, our graduates will be the thinkers of tomorrow: able to move smoothly from concept to product.

Students will be immersed in Columbus, Indiana, among more than 60 well-known works of modern architecture. In addition to community engagement opportunities in Columbus, they will have opportunities to travel and collaborate internationally through the Nomadic Studio.

Architecture is design + discovery

The Miller M.Arch experience at Indiana University is about living and learning in a city—seeing it each day in a different light, drawing its shapes and forms from observation, then again from memory, and building a personal, curated inventory of its most memorable characteristics.

By linking two parallel studio experiences, art, and design, the Miller M.Arch at IU offers a comprehensive education that melds the design of the built environment with underlying issues of culture, creativity, responsible practice, and a unique worldview.

The things that make Columbus great, make great architects

The Miller M.Arch program uses Columbus’ historic and robust civic consciousness to integrate architecture, art, and design with the city’s unique public-private coalition process.

In this “living laboratory,” students will make the invisible process of community collaboration visible and concrete by creating a common language for shared problem-solving. Public-private fabrication facilities in Columbus also create opportunities for faculty, students, and the community to collaborate.

Draw the streets + spaces of the world

Through the Nomadic Studio, students analyze the architecture, strada, piazza, and art of major cities around the world by drawing urban landscapes, plans, and sections with proportional measurement in sketchbooks. This practice teaches the art of visual structure and composition and embeds the ideas, concepts, and perceptions that fuel a designer’s imagination.

My experience in the J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program has been an eye-opening, life-changing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Stacy Hardy, J. Irwin Miller M.Arch Program student

Unique, studio-based architecture curriculum

The J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program at Indiana University is designed to educate the architect of the future. Equally well-versed in technology, science, art, and the principles of architecture, our graduates will be the lithe thinkers of tomorrow: able to move smoothly from concept to product.

This program includes side-by-side, concentrated studies of studio arts and architecture, emulating historic curricula from the Beaux-Arts and the Bauhaus while embracing current technologies, perfectly blending tradition and innovation.

An ideal city for architects

Based in Columbus, Indiana, the program will take advantage of the city’s rich modernist architecture, vast engineering and fabrication resources, and opportunities for coalition-building through community engagement projects.

"This is a curriculum that moves well beyond the conventional and topical nature of most first professional graduate degree programs by seeking a more synthetic, multi-scalar educational experience between design, visual arts, and technology."

Marlon Blackwell, E Fay Jones Distinguished Professor, Fay Jones School of Architecture, University of Arkansas

Degree requirements

The Miller M.Arch degree is a three-year plus one summer program of 108 credit hours.

First Year

Fall Semester

501 | Architectural Studio 1 (6 credits)
511 | Visual Studies Studio 1 (6 credits)
521 | Structures 1 (3 credits)
531 | Texts and Contexts 1 (3 credits)

Spring Semester

502 | Architectural Studio 2 (6 credits)
512 | Visual Studies Studio 2 (6 credits)
661 | Professional Practice 1 (3 credits)
771 | Design of the City (3 credits)

Summer between First and Second Years

532 | Texts and Contexts 2 – Rome: Phase 1 of the Nomadic Studio (3 credits)

Second Year

Fall Semester

601 | Architectural Studio 3 (6 credits)
611 | Visual Studies Studio 3 (6 credits)
641 | Energy & Environmental Systems 1 (3 credits)
781 | Architectural Design Theory (3 credits)

Spring Semester

602 | Architectural Studio 4 (6 credits)
612 | Visual Studies Studio 4 (3 credits)
642 | Energy & Environmental Systems 2 (3 credits)
522 | Structures 2 (3 credits)
8XX | Elective 1 (3 credits)

Third Year

Fall Semester

701 | Architectural Studio 5 (6 credits)
711 | Visual Studies Studio 5 (3 credits)
651 | Community and Coalition Building (3 credits)
807 | Special Topics in Theory and Criticism (3 credits)
8XX | Elective 2 (3 credits)

Spring Semester

702 | Architectural Studio 6 – International Cities: Phase 2 of the Nomadic Studio (6 credits)
712 | Visual Studies Studio 6 (3 credits)
631 | Texts and Contexts 3 (3 credits)
8XX | Elective 3 (3 credits)