Overview

Key Features

Graduate candidates are expected to acquire an adequate knowledge of the history and theories of architecture and related arts, technologies and human sciences, a critical awareness of current paradigms, issues and themes of present day architectural debates and the ability to use them in individual research.

The Architecture program from METU Middle East Technical University is involved with processes concerning the creation, representation, application and dissemination of knowledge and offers various graduate theory and research courses, as well as graduate design research studios. Elective courses cover a wide range of research interests and orientations supported by the diversity and the versatility of the staff profile, with extensive teaching experience both in studio and theory courses.

The program’s resources have recently been mobilized and restructured under different research tracks in order to foster the existing strengths of the program and to nurture and encourage the development of emerging research agendas and structures brought forth by new priorities and challenges in architectural research. Built upon a clear diagnosis and awareness of global educational and research priorities and emergent fields, these non-compulsory research tracks offer graduate students the possibility to pursue their individual research agendas along different research orientations offered by the Department.

The program is structured around an integrated curriculum which links and networks both the different tracks of the M.Arch. program and the four graduate programs of the Department to encourage the involvement of the graduate student with heterogeneous research, learning and design communities. Flexibility within and across the programs is hence encouraged to contribute to the improvement of quality and effectiveness in education, leading to adaptive curricula, which prove especially significant within the context of the currently operating reform in architectural education to align with the goals of the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Architecture, Society And Culture

Architectural Design Research and Research by Design

Architectural Design Strategies

Urban Architecture

Sustainable Architecture: Green Design, Community Design and Universal Design in Architecture

Landscape Architecture

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-12 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

21 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Ankara, Turkey

Disciplines

Architecture View 33 other Masters in Architecture in Turkey

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

ALES score type has to be quantitative.
Two reference letters must be uploaded (at least one from academic sources).
Statement of Purpose and Research Proposal (in English, approx. 750 words in total). The essay should clarify the applicant’s interest in the field(s) of study and the reasons for applying to the program. The "research proposal", frames an argument with relevant literature and methods. The essay must analyze the gaps within the literature and must clearly iterate the aim and objectives of the intended research.
A digital portfolio and CV must be submitted (single PDF document; max 20 pages, max file size 40 MB). Expected to contain academic, professional and personal work, including student projects, activities, trainings, and creative work. For teamworks, names of participants and the applicant’s responsibility must be identified.
A four-year B.Arch. degree is required.
Interviews are held in English.

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

750 USD / year

≈ 750 USD / year

Additional Details

National students: 837 TL (per semester)

Living costs

Ankara

Turkey

1600 - 2350 TRY / month

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