Best Architecture Masters Ranking (BAM) has released their list of the top programs of 2021. Harvard GSD’s Master of Architecture II program ranks first for the fourth year in a row.
22 Master’s Degree programs from around the world were selected to be part of the list by BAM’s “Expert Committee”, which is formed by 15 professors from some of the best-ranked universities. Programs were compared and evaluated through their methodology, in which 11 educational-performance indicators and 42 sub-indicators are used to rank each school.
Below is a list of the top 16 architecture master’s degree programs in 2021:
1. Harvard GSD
Program: Master of Architecture II
Location: Cambridge, MA
2. Columbia University
Program: Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design
Location: New York, NY
3. Delft University of Technology (TUDelft)
Program: The Berlage Post-master in Architecture and Urban Design
Location: Delft, Netherlands
4. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid + ETH Zurich
Program: Master of Advanced Studies in Collective Housing (MCH)
Location: Madrid, Spain
5. Tsinghua University
Program: English Program for Master of Architecture
Location: Beijing, China
6. Princeton University
Program: Postprofessional Graduate Program in Architecture
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
7. Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)
Program: March in Architecture and Urbanism (DRL)
Location: London, UK
8. University College London - Bartlett School of Architecture
Program: Architectural Design MArch (B-pro)
Location: London, UK
9. Cornell University
Program: Post-Professional Master of Science, Advanced Architectural Design
Location: Ithaca, New York
10. Technische Universität München (TUM)
Program: Master of Arts MA in Architecture
Location: Munich, Germany
11. Technische Universität Berlin (TUBerlin)
Program: Master of Architecture in Typology M-ARCH-T
Location: Berlin, Germany
12. (tied) Politecnico di Milano
Program: Master of Architecture and Urban Design
Location: Milan, Italy
12. (tied) Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Program: MBArch Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Architecture-Barcelona
14. Universidad de Navarra
Program: Master's Degree in Theory and Architectural Design
Location: Pamplona, Spain
15. (tied) Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Program: M.Arch 2
Location: Los Angeles, California
15. (tied) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Program: Magíster en Arquitectura
Location: Santiago, Chile
The full list of 22 ranked programs can be found here.
4 Comments
Random academics ranking their peers? Good to see zero input from the profession.
Not sure if this survey should be filed under A for arbitrary or U for useless.
Damn. My alma mater never makes it on these lists.
the link to the complete list triggered my virus protection :(
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