College of Environmental Design
230 Bauer Wurster Hall # 1820
Berkeley, California 94720
United States
As the top-ranked public university for architecture and the built environment, UC Berkeley is known worldwide for innovation and excellence, committed to launching our graduates to be agents of environmental and social change. The College of Environmental Design offers six professional degrees and five academic graduate degrees, as well as opportunities for earning concurrent degrees within the college and with other Berkeley departments.
Register for a one-hour info session to meet our admissions teams and learn more about our programs and how to apply. View all CED fall admission events. All times Pacific.
Architecture
In Berkeley’s NAAB-accredited professional Master of Architecture program, renowned for its history of design excellence, you’ll approach the design of the built environment as an instrument of change.
In Berkeley’s post-professional, two-semester Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) studio-based program, you’ll explore how wood processes, structures, and assembly systems can support a reciprocal relationship between forest management and building design.
Berkeley’s Master of Science in Architecture is an academic, nonprofessional degree program that offers you the opportunity to engage in advanced research in Building Science, Technology, and Sustainability or History, Theory, and Society.
In Berkeley’s PhD in Architecture, you’ll work with world-renowned faculty while engaging in individually developed interdisciplinary coursework and supervised independent study, with a concentration in either Building Science, Technology, and Sustainability (BSTS) or History, Theory, and Society (HTS).
Wednesday, October 30, 10am: MS + PhD in Architecture (BSTS) only. Register.
Tuesday, November 12, 4pm: All architecture programs. Register.
Thursday, November 14, 5pm: MS + PhD in Architecture (BSTS) only. Register.
Tuesday, November 19, 12pm: MAAD only. Register.
Tuesday, November 19, 1pm: MS + PhD in Architecture (HTS) only. Register.
Wednesday, November 20, 10am: All architecture programs. Register.
Application deadline: January 3
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
Berkeley’s Master of Landscape Architecture integrates design excellence and innovation with ecological integrity and social justice, empowering you to think critically about the performance of landscape spaces and systems through the lenses of environmental justice, cultural meaning, and visual form.
The PhD in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning emphasizes the processes of planning and design as they relate to solving problems in the natural and urban environments, preparing you for careers in research, teaching, professional consultation, or specialized roles in government.
Tuesday, October 29, 5:30pm. Register.
MLA application deadline: January 3
PhD application deadline: December 1
City & Regional Planning
Berkeley’s Master of City Planning is a two-year nationally accredited STEM degree program that empowers you to successfully practice planning in a variety of urban, metropolitan, and regional settings. Berkeley’s MCP is distinguished by its focus on the human impacts of planning decisions, with particular attention to equity, diversity, and social justice.
Tuesday, November 19, 11am. Register.
Application deadline: December 3
Urban & Regional Development
In Berkeley’s Master of Urban Design—the only degree program of its kind in California—you’ll engage diverse communities to imagine the cities of the future. The twelve-month post-professional program is centered on researching and designing alternative forms of urbanism for a range of real-world conditions, from dense post-industrial cities in the inner Bay Area to small towns on the rural/urban periphery.
Monday, November 7, 1 pm. Register.
Application deadline: January 7
Berkeley’s interdisciplinary Abbey Master of Real Estate Development + Design goes beyond the fundamentals—finance, law and entitlements, construction, economics and market analysis—to place special focus on design, sustainability and resilience, and equity and inclusion. The STEM-certified program is offered both as a one-year full-time program and a two-year part-time program.
Monday, November 4–Thursday, November 7: Hybrid open house. Register.
Wednesday, November 20, 9am. Register.
Application deadlines: November 15 (Round 1), January 15 (Round 2)
Fellowship Opportunity
Interested in pursuing a social justice career? Learn about our Arcus Social Justice Corps Fellowship, which provides free tuition for students in any of CED’s master’s degree programs who pledge to work in social justice for at least three years after earning their degrees.
Thursday, November 14, 12pm. Register.
Wednesday, December 4, 12pm. Register.
Application deadline: January 8
