The University of Virginia took the lead in setting up architecture courses in the United States.
The universities that study architecture better are:
Georgia Tech University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cornell University
Harvard University
Ranking of architecture universities:
1. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Princeton University
4. Columbia University
5. Yale University
6. Rice University
7. University of California, Berkeley
8. University of Virginia
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. University of Texas at Austin
Advice for you:
At present, more than 80 colleges and universities in China have opened architecture majors, but most of them were established in the past 15~20 years, and there is still a certain gap in research level and academic status compared with famous American architecture schools. This factor will have a certain impact on China applicants, because except for a few academic majors such as architectural history, undergraduate and master's degrees in American architecture generally belong to vocational degrees, which ultimately meet the qualification of registered architects, so applicants' practical design ability is very high, which is precisely the weakness of many China students.
Judging from the materials that the applicant must submit, the portfolio is an important content generally required by famous American architectural schools. Architecture requires students' design level, especially artistic level. Therefore, when preparing materials, China applicants must focus on designing their own submitted works. In addition to meeting the requirements of the school in terms of specifications and sizes, innovation and visual impact are also the key goals to be pursued.
Another factor to consider is the scholarship. Architecture is a major that is easy to go abroad and difficult to get a scholarship. As mentioned above, Columbia University has made it clear that it will not grant scholarships to international students. Among the top ten universities, only Princeton University claims that it will provide different degrees of grants to every admitted freshman. Therefore, it is quite common for China applicants to be admitted but only get half a prize or even no prize. It is observed that many architectural students often choose popular majors such as urban design and planning and landscape design after going abroad. These majors are still in their infancy in China, but they have relatively mature research and practice in the United States, so the return on studying abroad is quite good.