Architecture (MArch)
Explore design, build your skills, and prepare for professional practice.
Why choose this program?
In the Master of Architecture program, you will select courses in design, humanities, and technology and shape your path through elective choices, including the School's famous Free Lab, and a design thesis focusing on a significant topic of your interest.
You’ll complete an eight-month co-op work term in Canada or abroad and an eight-month design thesis with faculty supervision. This mix of coursework, studio learning, and professional experience helps you build the skills you need for architectural practice.
Careers
After receiving this professional architecture degree, you can move into architectural practice and grow your skills through supervised experience.Ìý
Most of our MArch graduates find work in an architectural firm or public institution and may do professional examinations two years later to become a registered architect.
Program options
Professional: This course-based master’s program will enable you to acquire specialized knowledge, enhance critical skills, and advance your career. Learn more about professional master's degrees at Dal.
Program structure
- Seven core courses in design, humanities, technology, and professional practiceÌý
- Four electives, including the School’s Free LabÌý
- Eight-month co-op work termÌý
- Eight-month design thesis with faculty supervisionÌý
All graduate programs at »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and theÌýFaculty of Graduate Studies.
Admission requirements
You'll need to meet theÌýFaculty of Graduate Studies minimum requirementsÌýas well as any program-specific admission requirements before you can apply.
The next deadline to apply for this program is
February 1 for students from Canada and the United States
December 1 for students from all other countries
Program-specific requirements
This program requires you to meet the following criteria:
- At least four years of university.
- Pre-professional architecture degree that is fully equivalent to »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥'s BEDS curriculum.
- Minimum 3.00 GPA and a B average in design courses.
- Applicants without prior architecture study should apply to »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥'s Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (BEDS) program.
- Applicants with a pre-professional architecture degree should apply as a non-degree undergraduate student and anticipate taking several senior undergraduate qualifying courses prior to MArch admission.
- Applicants who already hold a professional architecture degree that qualifies them for practice in their home country are not eligible for this professional MArch.
- Portfolio of architectural design work (PDF)Ìý
- Statement of intentÌý
- Include the subject area you wish to emphasize in the MArch program (e.g., housing, urban design, history/theory, building technology, environmental systems), your previous experience in this area, and your career ambitions.ÌýÌýÌýÌý
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- Two references (confidential)Ìý
- Transcripts from all post-secondary study (English/French or certified translation)Ìý
Supervisor not required before applying.
Applications are reviewed by the School of Architecture and the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Admission is competitive; meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.Ìý
Financial information
Questions about tuition and fees? Contact Student Accounts.
Email student.accounts@dal.ca or phone 902-494-3998.
