The 2023 edition of the Best Architecture Masters (BAM) rankings has just been released, featuring a slate of 19 graduate programs from across the world that were selected using an internal methodology by a 15-member “Expert Committee” of academics.

American Ivy League institutions once again dominated the top tier of the rankings, with Harvard GSD’s Master of Architecture II program taking home the first place spot for the fifth consecutive year. BAM says its list was influenced by other rankings guides, including the most recent QS World Universities Architecture / Built Environment subject list, in addition to its internal methodology, adding: “This approach allows us to make an international-comparative study, that reflects the best architecture master’s programs from almost all over the world.”

The Universidade de São Paulo, University of Manchester, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and Tsinghua University were new additions to this year's list.

The full BAM rankings for 2023 can be viewed below:

1. Harvard University
Program: Master of Architecture II
Location: Cambridge, MA

2. Columbia University
Program: Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design
Location: New York, NY

3. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid + ETH Zurich
Program: Master of Advanced Studies in Collective Housing (MCH)
Location: Madrid, Spain

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Program: Master of Science in Architecture Studies in Urbanism (SMArch Urbanism)
Location: Cambridge, MA

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Program: Master of Science in Architecture Studies in Design (SMArchS Design)
Location: Cambridge, MA

6. Delft University of Technology (TUDelft)
Program: The Berlage Post-master in Architecture and Urban Design
Location: Delft, Netherlands

7. Tsinghua University
Program: English Program for Master in Architecture
Location: Beijing, China

8. Princeton University
Program: Postprofessional Graduate Program in Architecture
Location: Princeton, NJ

9. University College London - Bartlett School of Architecture
Program: Architectural Design MArch (B-pro)
Location: London, UK

10. Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA)
Program: March in Architecture and Urbanism (DRL)
Location: London, UK

11. Cornell University
Program: Post-Professional Master of Science, Advanced Architectural Design
Location: Ithaca, NY

12. Technische Universität München (TUM)
Program: Master of Arts MA in Architecture
Location: Munich, Germany

13. Technische Universität Berlin (TUBerlin)
Program: Master of Architecture in Typology M-ARCH-T
Location: Berlin, Germany

14. Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Program: M. Arch 2
Location: Los Angeles, CA

15. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Program: M.S. Architecture and Urban Design
Location: Los Angeles, CA

16. Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Program: MBArch Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Architecture-Barcelona
Location: Barcelona, Spain

17. The University of Manchester
Program: MA in Architecture and Urbanism
Location: Manchester, UK

18. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Program: Magíster en Arquitectura
Location: Santiago, Chile

19. Universidade de São Paulo
Program: Master in Architectural Design
Location: São Paulo, Brazil