Graduate Application Process

How to Apply

• Application Requirements

  See below for specific instructions. 

  The Online Application

   

   

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  Official Transcripts

  Applicants must request that their undergraduate degree-awarding institution send an official transcript to gradadmissions@wit.edu

  or you may mail to:
  Attn: Graduate Admissions
  Wentworth Institute of Technology
  550 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115

  Wentworth, current and former students: The Graduate Admissions Office will obtain your Wentworth transcript on your behalf.

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  Resume:

  You may include the following:

  • Work experience (internships, co-ops, etc.)
  • Clubs and organizations
  • Volunteer experience
  • Skills
  • Certificates

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  Letter(s) of Recommendation

  Letters of recommendation should be strictly professional or academic. They can come from a professor or a supervisor from a work or volunteer experience. Letters of recommendation should not come from friends, family, or family friends.

  Master's of Architecture

  • Two letters of recommendation are required

  All Other Graduate Programs

  • One letter of recommendation is required.  

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  Statement of Purpose: 

  Master's of Architecture

  Please answer the first question below, and any ONE of the remaining three questions (your choice). Upload your responses together in a single letter-sized .pdf file.

  1. Describe why you are interested to pursue a graduate degree in architecture. For example, how will earning a M.Arch further your personal and professional goals and interests? (300 words +/-).
  2. Describe a building you’ve visited in person that you felt was ‘well-designed.’ What criteria did you consider? Why are those criteria important to an analysis of architecture? (200 words +/-).
  3. Name a single building that you have never visited in person but would like to (and why?). (200 words +/-).
  4. Speculate on the role that architecture does (or could) play in contemporary society. How might it make a positive impact? (200 words +/-).

  All Other Graduate Programs

  1. What inspired you to enter a graduate program in this field? (300 words) 
  2. What are your career aspirations?  How do you expect a graduate degree will help you achieve these goals?  (300 words) 

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  A Portfolio (for Master's of Architecture Applicants Only): 

  Please find more information here.

• International Applications

  Learn more about the International Application Process.

•  Accelerated 4+1 Master's Degree Applications

  Learn more about 4+1 programs 

  Current Wentworth students

  We will request your official transcript on your behalf and automatically waive the application fee. Internal candidates who have achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 at the end of their junior year may qualify for Automatic Acceptance into a program related to their major. 

  Architecture (1-year track)

  Wentworth Bachelor of Science in Architecture students who wish to enroll in the one-year Master of Architecture program must do so in their senior year; acceptance is based on a portfolio evaluation by department faculty, cumulative GPA, resume, a statement of objectives, and references. For more information, visit the M. Architecture Application Requirements page.