录取要求

MAAD is intended for early- to mid-career professionals who already hold an architecture degree (B.A, B.S, B.Arch, M.Arch, or international equivalent). Qualified candidates must demonstrate a familiarity with the proposed field of study and a high level of design ability.

This should be made evident through a statement of interest, a portfolio of design and research work, a transcript from the professional degree granting institution, and a CV. The statement of interest should indicate why the applicant would like to enroll in the program, who amongst the faculty they would like to work with, and what topics they could envision pursuing in their culminating design research project. The MAAD curriculum is four semesters of study, with all students expected to reside in Pittsburgh full-time.

Admitted candidates may apply for advanced standing based on previous coursework or professional experience, eliminating the first semester, and allowing them to begin studies in the Spring term. Advanced standing is also available to qualified CMU students within the BArch program through the Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).

申请材料清单

BEFORE OUR ONLINE APPLICATION OPENS IN OCTOBER:
Review the MAAD program information;
The GRE exam is optional and not required (applicants can provide their scores if they wish); 
Take the TOEFL exam if you are a non-native English speaker;
Complete a portfolio as early as possible (maximum file size of 20MB with a maximum resolution of 150dpi); and
Ask three professors or employers permission to assign them as references.
 
BEGINNING OCTOBER 15:
Begin your online application. You do not have to complete all sections of the online application at once. You can revisit your Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture application in SlideRoom until the final submission of your application. Please be sure to submit your application by the application deadline.

Complete applications will be evaluated as they are received. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit complete applications well in advance of the January 15 application deadline for evaluation by our graduate admission committee.

 

BEFORE OUR APPLICATION DEADLINE OF JANUARY 15:
GRE scores are optional and not required. If you wish to provide GRE scores, contact Education Testing Services to send your GRE scores (and TOEFL scores) directly to our department, using the institution code 2074, GRE department code 4401, and TOEFL department code 12.
Mail all official transcripts to our mailing address:
Attn: Alexis McCune Secosky
Graduate Programs
School of Architecture
Carnegie Mellon University
College of Fine Arts
Room 201A
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Assign three references to your application
Upload the following:
Statement of Purpose  
Copy of transcript(s)
Copy of optional GRE scores if you wish to provide them
Copy of TOEFL scores (if needed)  
Portfolio (maximum file size of 20MB with a maximum resolution of 150dpi)
Resume/CV
Pay the $75 application fee (online)
Verify that you have completed all of the above. Our graduate committee will only review your application once we have received all required documents. 

专业介绍

The Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) is a post-graduate, studio based program that engages emerging methods of design and fabrication, through architectural design, to speculate upon future modes of architectural practice, enhanced construction methods, and material culture within the built environment.

With a particular emphasis upon design, the four-semester program leverages the School of Architecture’s and Carnegie Mellon’s core strengths in design fabrication, architectural robotics, computational design, and ecological thinking as vehicles for knowledge acquisition and speculation. 

The program focuses on the creation of new insights and new knowledge—or “research”—through the design process, or “research by design.”

The program seeks to probe the technical and cultural opportunities and implications of a data-rich future in which design methodologies, construction processes, and sustainable building life cycles are intrinsically interlaced.

The goal is consciously speculative and experimental work that is deeply enmeshed with social and environmental concerns, with explicit ties to humanistic and cultural discourses, industry and contemporary practice. The faculty seek advanced-level projects that will position graduates as future thought leaders in architecture and allied fields relating to advanced fabrication, material performance, construction methodologies, or academia.

CMU’s emphasis on interdisciplinary learning, its computational culture, world-class robotic fabrication facilities, and a dedicated group of faculty  offer unique “hands-on” opportunities for experimentation and speculation in the context of a small-scale, yet globally focused, school and university.