Architecture

Your future is in your hands. Make the most of it with a Master of Architecture from Wentworth. Our NAAB-accredited and STEM-designated program will introduce you to the contemporary challenges of the built environment and give you the skills you need to be a leader in a rapidly evolving profession.

Learn by Making, Thinking & Doing

Hands-on, experiential learning opportunities, and advanced technical resources will help harness your creativity and apply critical thinking to design projects. Engage with diverse cultures and building traditions—both historical and contemporary—through travel-based learning around the country and across the globe as well as in co-ops with leading firms.

The Master of Architecture is offered in 3 tracks, corresponding to your undergraduate preparation:

• 1-year track: For graduates of Wentworth’s BS in Architecture program. 
• 2-year track: For candidates who have a pre-professional BA or BS degree in Architecture from another NAAB-accredited school or a BS in Interior Design from Wentworth.
• 3-year track: For candidates who have a Bachelor’s degree in a discipline other than Architecture. 

Review application requirements for all three tracks.  

STEM Program Designation

Wentworth’s Master of Architecture program has a federal STEM designation, which provides a potential 24-month Operational Practice Training (OPT) extension for international students studying on an F-1 visa. 

World-class Faculty, in a World-class Location

The Master of Architecture faculty includes founders of award-winning design firms, influential scholars in the history and theory of architecture, and preeminent, forward-thinking researchers with a deep commitment to issues of sustainability, advanced technology, and fabrication.

A world-class center of art, culture, and design, Boston offers a dynamic learning laboratory just steps from our campus. Home to renowned architecture firms and diverse examples of excellence in the field, Boston is the ideal city in which to build critical research and practice in architecture. Click here to view our policy on Learning and Teaching Culture.

Statement on NAAB-Accredited Degrees

In the United States, most registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a two-year term of continuing accreditation, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established education standards. Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

Wentworth Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design offers the following NAAB-accredited degree program:

Master of Architecture, 1-year track (Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Wentworth + 34 credits)
Master of Architecture, 2-year track (Pre-professional bachelor’s degree in architecture + 70 credits)
Master of Architecture, 3-year track (Bachelor’s degree in a field other than architecture + 106 credits)

Next accreditation visit: 2026

NAAB Conditions and Procedures

The following information is provided for students, families, and the general public to understand the skills and knowledge that constitute a professional education in architecture, as well as the process by which that education is reviewed and accredited.

These conditions will be in effect for our next accreditation visit in 2026:
Conditions for Accreditation, 2020 Edition

These procedures will be in effect for our next accreditation visit in 2026:
Procedures for Accreditation, 2020 Edition

These conditions were in effect for our last accreditation visit in 2018:
Conditions for Accreditation, 2014 Edition

These procedures were in effect for our last accreditation visit in 2018:
Procedures for Accreditation, 2015 Edition

For more information about NAAB, visit their website.
 

Wentworth's NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture program is highly experiential and hands-on, introducing students to the contemporary challenges of the built environment and giving them the skills needed to become leaders in a rapidly evolving profession.

View information from the Course Catalog below for program requirements.