Official website of Tongji University shows that the Ph.D. in Architecture of Tongji University belongs to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning. According to the enrollment regulations of the school in 2023, the study period of architecture doctor is four years, including course study, scientific research and training, opening report, mid-term evaluation, thesis writing and defense.

Tongji University has two ways to recruit architecture doctors, one is the "application-examination" system, and the other is the unified recruitment. The former means that the applicant directly applies to the tutor or research direction according to his own conditions and interests, and is selected through the assessment method organized by the tutor or research direction. The latter means that the applicant takes the national unified examination and is admitted according to the results and re-examination.