View down into a populated event within the GOL courtyard during the evening
ADMISSIONS

At the UT School of Architecture, we believe our disciplines play a key role in addressing complex local, regional, national, and global issues, and that our work will advance a better built environment and quality of life for all people. By blending principle and practice both inside and outside the classroom, we provide our students with a hands-on, professionally driven understanding of all scales of the built environment. 

Here, you join an interdisciplinary community of designers, planners, and scholars committed to creative exploration, ambitious scholarship, and critical practice. 

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The School of Architecture offers degrees at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.

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The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture is committed to making quality education affordable and achievable for all students. There are opportunities for students to receive funding from a number of sources, including:  financial aid packages, recruitment funding for new students, continuing student scholarships, independent research travel scholarships, TA or GRA appointments, program-specific scholarship opportunities, and more.

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SCHOLARSHIPS
AWARDED
2023-2024
25%
OF STUDENTS 
RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS
2023-2024

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    Faculty making headlines at the 2025 @AIAAustin Design Awards!<br>
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    Faculty making headlines at the 2025 @AIAAustin Design Awards!

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    In Associate Professor @nicholewiedemann ’s advanced studio “FUTURING: 'un-thought of architecture’ or architecture beyond what already exists,” students tackled the complicated role of design competitions in the profession. <br>
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    In Associate Professor @nicholewiedemann ’s advanced studio “FUTURING: 'un-thought of architecture’ or architecture beyond what already exists,” students tackled the complicated role of design competitions in the profession.

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    We're proud to celebrate Professor Bjørn Sletto’s induction into the UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers—one of the highest honors recognizing exceptional commitment to teaching excellence. 👏<br>
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    We're proud to celebrate Professor Bjørn Sletto’s induction into the UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers—one of the highest honors recognizing exceptional commitment to teaching excellence. 👏

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    Visiting faculty @eric.bunge challenged students to reimagine what an architecture school could be in his advanced studio “This is Not a School.” Tasked to envision a hypothetical interdisciplinary architecture school building as an off-campus annex to the UTSOA, students reframed usage of space for
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    Visiting faculty @eric.bunge challenged students to reimagine what an architecture school could be in his advanced studio “This is Not a School.” Tasked to envision a hypothetical interdisciplinary architecture school building as an off-campus annex to the UTSOA, students reframed usage of space for

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    Lecturer @paulgermaine ‘s advanced studio “Deep Plates: Layered Representations of the Alhambra” brought students to Granada, Spain, to explore how decorative systems, such as muqarnas and planar tiling, can evolve into hybrid structural elements. <br>
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    Lecturer @paulgermaine ‘s advanced studio “Deep Plates: Layered Representations of the Alhambra” brought students to Granada, Spain, to explore how decorative systems, such as muqarnas and planar tiling, can evolve into hybrid structural elements.

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    Presenting the next generation of designers and planners 🎓<br /><br />Congratulations again, Class of 2025! See more photos from Commencement in our link in bio<br /><br />@texas.landscape <br />@utaustin_urbandesign <br />@texasarch
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    Presenting the next generation of designers and planners 🎓

    Congratulations again, Class of 2025! See more photos from Commencement in our link in bio

    @texas.landscape
    @utaustin_urbandesign
    @texasarch

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    Show up and show out.<br>&nbsp;<br>UTSOA’s end-of-year show, Overexposed, celebrated the courageous act of revelation and vulnerability when surrendering one’s work to the public eye. What a way to wrap up the year!<br>&nbsp;
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    Show up and show out.
     
    UTSOA’s end-of-year show, Overexposed, celebrated the courageous act of revelation and vulnerability when surrendering one’s work to the public eye. What a way to wrap up the year!
     

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    Let’s make tomorrow unforgettable #UTGrad25<br /><br />📅 Saturday, May 10<br />🕑 2:00 p.m. (CDT)<br />📺 Livestream link in our bio<br /><br />We can't wait for tomorrow's celebration! Graduates, make sure to check-in at Goldsmith Hall no later than 1 p.m.
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    Let’s make tomorrow unforgettable #UTGrad25

    📅 Saturday, May 10
    🕑 2:00 p.m. (CDT)
    📺 Livestream link in our bio

    We can't wait for tomorrow's celebration! Graduates, make sure to check-in at Goldsmith Hall no later than 1 p.m.

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    40 Hours for the Forty Acres is happening now! Show your support for the School of Architecture this year by giving to travel scholarships.
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    40 Hours for the Forty Acres is happening now! Show your support for the School of Architecture this year by giving to travel scholarships.