I've never heard of a whole degree program centered around this in the US and some architecture schools only have 1 or 2 classes AT MOST devoted to photo-real type visualization.I know of at least one program in Spain and there a few other short workshops I think offered in Italy that cover it.

It seems to me that most people who work in arch viz either come from architecture and have taught themselves or come from a more general animation / 3D degree background.  If this something you want to pursue you should really look into online courses or websites that have tutorials for specific software.  I wouldn't limit myself to just tutorials that are arch oriented. If you want to learn Max, watch the general lynda ones and basically any other ones you can find.  Even if schools don't offer classes that teach this material a lot have subscriptions to some of these tutorial services.

The University of Kent has an Arch Viz programme which is excellent in the UK

http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/245/architectural-visualisation

They do a combination of still imagery and video compositing

I think all their showreels are on youtube if you want to see the work they do

I don't think in U.S there is any school specifically teaches this however there are certain schools which are highly digital where you kinda have to learn how to create architectural visualization. 

Best example for this would be any parametric school : Sci Arc being the cream of the crop, Pratt Michigan UPenn etc.

Lastly if you are planning on going on visualization learn 3d Max and Vray with some Maxwell. Also you have to know how to model in Rhino, or Revit (since most clients will be submitting their model in one of the other format) 

Good luck, its a very demanding job but if you enjoy renderings its really fun

*Currently working as an architectural visualizer for a firm in NYC and a student

I don't know of any grad degrees in architectural visualization and that kind of makes sense to me. It doesn't seem like a topic that would require 2+ semesters with 8+ courses to master.  

The best program I've seen on this is called the State of Art Academy, and it's only a week long. It's much less expensive than a full grad degree and the student work seems great.

http://www.stateofartacademy.com/

It's not in the US though, but with all the time and money you'd save it might be worth it. 

1. Intern at a firm that does a lot of competitions but can't afford to hire a 3D rendering firm (midsize European 10-50 people should do the trick)

2. Learn Rhino and Vray off the internet (flyingarchitecture.com)

3. Practice photoshop from online tutorials.

Presto. Doing 10-12 visuals per month for competitions should hone your rendering skills to a fine art within a year. Costs less than going to school and looks better on the resume too. You might even have some fun travelling around while you're at it.

Hi, guys! :)

I'm an Interior Design student here in Brazil and I want to be an architectural visualizer as well.

Currently I'm studying Vray for SketchUp (SU is a big deal here) and Corona for 3dsMax. Are there any other softwares I should learn (besides Photoshop) in order to have an international career in the US or Europe? :) 
Thank you very much!

viz.arch.tamu.edu/graduate/mfa-viz-curriculum/

viz.arch.tamu.edu/graduate/ms-viz-curriculum/

They also have undergraduate in it 

My advice is do an architecture/building/interior design course as a backup career and meanwhile learn archvis yourself using something like 'Lynda' online videos (its how I learned) - learn 3dsMax and VRay and do several sample buildings for a portfolio, then look for an archvis job or try freelance commissions.

Hi guys ,

I will be completing my bachelor's degree in architecture by the end of summer of 2019(INDIA)....I have always been fascinated and in love with rendering of architecture project ....so I have been doing few projects on rendering for few people over the course of my bachelor's degree in architecture...I wanted to know if there are any University apart from Kent University (UK) which Deals with visualization in architecture and if there is scope in such field

P.s - sorry for such informal language

did you get any information if yes please share it with me as well

I don't particularly know either. I only heard about online courses and workshops on the subject. I work in the archviz field. I mainly use 3dsmax, corona and Photoshop. But a lot of the things I learned were on my own studying on the internet. What also helps me a lot is being in groups of people who work with this. I still have a lot to learn, but for what I do, which is freelance rendering for architects and engineers, it's enough. Now I'm trying to get more partnerships. But it's a very good area, especially for those who like it.

And learning 3dsmax allows you to import files into Revit and SketchUp without any problems, as long as you know how to do it. I receive a lot of files like this to render and I do it without having to model in revit. I like everything that was done. Of course, the model needs to be acceptable. But in any case you give it a refinement.