Prospective students are invited to join live online sessions including:

• Meet the program directors and faculty
  
• Learn more about the curriculum and courses
  
• Sit in on classes and mid-review critiques
  
• Connect with current students to hear about the experience
  
• Join online tours of Columbia University and GSAPP
  
• Learn more about the School’s facilities, research centers, and labs
  

Advance registration is required, and the detailed program schedule will follow.

Columbia University’s ranked #2 in the 2022 edition of Best Colleges in National Universities, with an acceptance rate of 6%. As we move forward, back to our in-person format keeping the CU Compact, Columbia University celebrates a moment of pride seeing the campus bustling with students involved in orientation activities and beginning the semester in full swing.

At Columbia GSAPP, we understand the built environment as a form of knowledge inextricably linked to a broader context of environmental and global action—one that is oriented not only towards merely spatial development but towards what it could be in order to engage the issues of our time.

The application for 2022 admissions to Columbia GSAPP is now available for the following Master’s Degree Programs.

Application Deadline January 3, 2022:

Master of Architecture

Application Deadline January 15, 2022:

• M.S. Advanced Architectural Design

• M.S. Computational Design Practices

• M.S. Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices

• M.S. Architecture and Urban Design

• M.S. Urban Planning

• M.S. Historic Preservation

• M.S. Real Estate Development

Learn more about the application process and requirements, as well as dual degree options, Ph.D. programs, and other opportunities on the GSAPP website.

Additional virtual events are posted on the Visit GSAPP page. In light of evolving information and COVID-19 safety regulations, Columbia GSAPP does not offer on-campus tours or in-person admissions meetings at this time. Please join one of the upcoming online info sessions or email arch_admissions@columbia.edu with any remaining questions.


You may also join the School’s virtual programming: GSAPP’s Lectures and Events are free and open to the public, and all Fall 2021 programming is available online. Please see the Events Calendar for the complete schedule and to view recordings of prior events.