The MSAUD (formerly MArch II) is a one-year, post-professional degree program that leads to a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design degree.

This elastic, genre-defiant program offers students with a professional degree in architecture the opportunity to specialize their skills, and to apply architectural and design thinking to today’s and tomorrow’s design provocations and real-world challenges.
 

Led by professors who are experts in their respective fields, MSAUD students join a team of educators and industry partners to question, challenge, and expand the current conventions of architectural practice.

We do this in an immersive, provocative context: a vibrant, expansive research university situated in one of the world’s great cities for design, innovation, and experimentation. Sited in Perloff Hall on UCLA's immersive Main Campus, the MSAUD program benefits from deep engagement with AUD's BA, MArch, MA, and PhD cohorts, as well as colleagues across the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and Beyond.

Admissions

The MSAUD program requires an advanced background in architectural studies and is open to students with a NAAB-accredited five-year Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) degree, a graduate degree in architecture, or the foreign equivalent.

All new students must enter in the summer session. The program is full-time and does not accept part-time students.