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PH.D. PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURE

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

A professional B Arch or M Arch degree in Architecture or a master's degree in a related environmental professional field.; a master's degree in any field and significant experience in the practice, research or teaching of architecture or related professional field; or a bachelor's degree in any other field.

ACADEMIC RECORD

3.0 minimum GPA (4.0 scale)

APPLICATION

Complete UW-Milwaukee Graduate School Application:
 http://apply.wisconsin.edu
 

REASONS STATEMENT

Required (2-3 pages)

REQUIRED STANDARDIZED TESTS

GRE – General Test  http://www.gre.org

 

TOEFL – international applicants, 100 (iBT) or 600 (PBT):  http://www.ets.org  

 or IELTS examination score of 7.0. 

To report scores to our program, use R1473 as the institution code and 4401 as the department code.

RECOMMENDATIONS

A minimum of 3 required.
 

RESUME/BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

1-2 pages
 

PORTFOLIO

Examples of research, teaching, and/or professional work relevant to
advanced graduate research (portfolio of visual work and/or examples of written work, completed research, etc.)

DEADLINE

January 1 (Fall admission only)

International applicants are advised to apply by September 1  to allow time for processing all credentials, and to meet deadlines for financial assistance.

Please note that earlier application deadlines for various forms of financial assistance (e.g., graduate school fellowships) require prompt submission of all credentials.  Fellowship applications are available November 1, and can be downloaded from the Graduate School website at http://www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/forms-and-downloads/. 


Please direct materials as follows:

Graduate School:

 Application/fee, official transcripts, statement of purpose, and test scores.  Mailing address:  UWM Graduate School, P.O. Box 340, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0340. 

School of Architecture and Urban Planning:
 

Letters of recommendation, resume or biographical statement (1-2 pages), Reasons Statement, including long-term goals, summary of relevant work completed to date, likely area of specialization, and research interests (2-3 pages), portfolio.  Delivery address:  UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2131 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211.