Program snapshot
Top 10 reasons to study architecture at Dalhousie:
- International reputation: Our graduates and faculty work around the world on projects large and small.
- Accredited: We are fully accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board.
- Construction: Our Free Labs let you develop social and technical skills, building full-scale objects in a team environment.
- Design: The heart of our program is the design studio, where you'll draw, model, and use digital design.
- Community partnerships: Many class projects are done with local and international communities.
- Diverse: You'll work alongside students from many different backgrounds from across Canada and abroad.
- Compact: After 2 years at any university, the BEDS/MArch program takes 4 years to complete.
- Sustainable: We show you how to create sustainable communities and functional, healthy environments.
- Integrated: Our merging of academic terms and co-op work terms is highly valued in the architectural field.
- Travel: Co-op work terms enable students to live and work anywhere in Canada or abroad.
What Will I Learn?
Our architecture program gives you a professional degree in four years. You'll learn to do architectural design, use building technology, and understand historical and modern buildings that inspire us.
What can I do?
We are an internationally-recognized school of architecture. Our graduates work as architects around the world. Read about alumni, architect Susan Fitzgerald and green developer Christopher Sweetnam-Holmes.
