One of the most important aspects of your professional education will be the people you're in class with. Your classmates today will be your colleagues and clients tomorrow. Our highly competitive admissions process allows us to assemble classes of top-quality students who have graduated from prestigious institutions in the U.S. and around the globe. Students in our M. Arch program come from diverse backgrounds and have been carefully selected for their records of past performance and future promise.

Such excellent students keep our programs vibrant and alive. Our student body is a community that embraces change, shares experiences, works collaboratively, studies hard, and plays together. In our program you'll establish friendships and forge professional relationships that will last long after graduation.

By choosing our program, you'll join the Illinois architecture family, which includes more than 10,000 living alumni practicing all over the world. Our alumni network is an invaluable resource for recent graduates, connecting the leaders of today with the leaders of tomorrow. We're confident that your architecture degree from Illinois will provide the skills and the connections necessary to succeed in the profession.