Overview

Seeking career expertise in the built environment? The research degree (STEM accredited) can help you forge a powerful career in architecture and the environmental design fields by combining design and science.

Working closely with national leading faculty, students immerse themselves in cutting-edge topics such as A.I., robotics, bioclimatics, living architecture, kinetics or other subjects. Join us in making new knowledge, discoveries and innovations.

The Architecture and Environmental Design program at Kent State University emphasizes design innovation, sustainable building practices, and environmental systems, preparing students to address global challenges in urbanization, climate change, and resource management. Students gain advanced skills in design and critical thinking, with a focus on creating sustainable and resilient built environments.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

Investigate new relationships within the built environment.

Gather, collect and analyze data.

Co-author technical and scientific reports, summaries, papers, abstracts, briefs and/or the development of products and technologies that may lead to patents and intellectual property.

Careers

Architectural and engineering managers

Architecture teachers, postsecondary

Calibration technologists and technicians and engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Methods of Inquiry in Architectural Studies

Empirical Research in Environmental Design

Applied Research Methods in Architecture and Environmental Design

Immersion

Proposal Writing

Theories of Architecture

Thesis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

35 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kent, United States

Disciplines

Architecture Design Environmental Sciences View 490 other Masters in Environmental Sciences in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor's degree in a professional or pre-professional environmental design program1

Minimum 3.000 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale

Official transcript(s)

Résumé

Goal statement (two pages) that includes an outline of a proposed study program

Portfolio for design and research work

Three letters of recommendation

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

20332 USD / year

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Out-of-State

20332 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

10706 USD / year

≈ 10706 USD / year

Living costs

Kent

United States

1036 - 1710 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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