Dear Colleagues, Alumni and Students, 

For the past 17 years, DesignIntelligence has conducted their annual survey of America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools. We write today to ask for your participation in the 2017-2018 survey. If you are a person in your firm who hires architects, you are invited to share your experiences and perspectives. These annual rankings are today’s leading resource to rank architecture and design programs on their ability to prepare graduates for professional practice. 

The survey requires about 15-20 minutes of your time and can be completed in more than one sitting should you need to exit and return to complete it at a later time. 

Regarding the firm survey, the responding party must be in a leadership position qualified to hire employees. If you are not qualified to complete the survey on your firm’s behalf, we ask that you forward survey link to the appropriate person in your firm. Individual responses will be kept confidential but a listing of all responding firms may be published. 

Please use the following links to access the surveys. The survey will close on Friday, May 26, 2017.

Firms:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2017-18_Firms_Architecture_Survey 

Students:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2017-18_Student_Architecture_Survey 

Results will be published in the third quarter edition of DesignIntelligence Quarterly which will be released towards the end of September 2017, but will be published only if an adequate sample size is achieved.

If you have questions or comments you may contact DesignIntelligence Senior Research Analyst Darlene Penner at dpenner@di.net.

Thank you for your thoughtful and confidential participation.

Scott Marble
William H. Harrison Chair and Professor
Georgia Tech School of Architecture
arch.gatech.edu