The Graduate Program in Sustainable Design is an interdisciplinary and research-based degree path. Here, scholars are both part of a specialized, close-knit cohort of MSSD students as well as members of the larger Architecture program and UT Austin campus community. Students are encouraged to draw from the sizeable and wide-ranging knowledge of faculty within the school and across the university. The Master of Science in Sustanable Design degree's STEM designation from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board also opens up new research and funding resources, and enables additional professional opportunities for international students.
The School of Architecture has several facilities and laboratories to allow for sustainable design research at various scales and scopes to complement students’ academic experiences. The Sustainable Design Program distinguishes itself from other programs in the school as its low faculty-student ratio allows for one-to-one interaction in addition to potential opportunities for Graduate Research Assistant work to support faculty research in conjunction with the Center for Sustainable Development.
Moreover, students are able to experience and contribute to the development of one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation—Austin, Texas. Together with faculty and professionals in practice students contribute to resolving Austin’s current density, equity, and environmental issues in the living laboratory of a dynamic and ever-changing city.
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DEGREES + PROGRAMS
The Sustainable Design Program at the University of Texas as Austin offers two graduate-level degree programs and a Ph.D. in Architecture with a concentration in sustainability.
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MSSD + Master of Science in Community & Regional Planning [MSCRP] |
Ph.D in Architecture, Sustainability | |
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@utsoa“The Nature of Reality: The Diaspora of Tibetan Buddhism in Austin” by Benjamin Boehle, Nicholas Jones @11nickjones and Shannon Stack @shannon_stack for Adam Barbe’s @adambarbe Landscape Architecture III course // 2023-2024 Design Excellence winner
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@utsoaWe’re thrilled to celebrate alumnus Jim Susman & Professor Emeritus Sinclair Black as Texas Society of Architects 2024 Award Winners!
🏅Jim Susman, FAIA: The Medal for Lifetime Achievement (TxA’s highest honor)
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@utsoaBooks aren’t the only items UTSOA students are buying for their studies ✍️ Through the collaborative support of faculty, administration, and the @utsoatechlab, our newly opened Fabrication Media Store is making basic materials more affordable and accessible for students!
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@utsoaCongratulations to Master of Architecture students Paula Cano and Ciara Hackman for winning the 2024 Student Design Award from AIA Dallas! @aiadallas
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@utsoaOn Wednesday, Brooklyn-based artist Olalekan Jeyifous @kidcadaver will guide us through his unique professional trajectory and discursive practice in his lecture, “The Road Became a River: Possibilities and Parallels.”
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@utsoaOn Monday, the landscape architect Kristina Hill drkzhill will present her lecture “Design for Sea Level Rise: How to Drop the Mic and Change the Conversation.” The lecture will take place Monday, Sept. 16 at 5:00 pm in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall. Details at the link in our bio.
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@utsoaA big SOA welcome to the three visiting faculty members joining the School of Architecture this semester: Karel Klein, Andy Bako and Michael Moynihan.
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@utsoaNext week we’re hosting the Black Home as Public Art symposium, a one-and-a-half-day symposium examining creative notions of the Black home in the United States.
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@utsoaCongratulations to the three UTSOA faculty members who were recently promoted!