May 22, 2025  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Architecture Admission Criteria


Transfer Admission to the Program

Transfer applicants must indicate their interest in the Architecture BS program through their UB Admissions application and follow the additional requirements outlined on the School of Architecture and Planning website.

University at Buffalo Architecture transfer applicants are reviewed and admitted on a space-available basis. No additional application material is reviewed after May 31.

A minimum overall GPA of 2.700 is required with a minimum GPA of 2.500 in architecture/related courses (collegiate courses in architecture; environmental design; studio art; 2-D & 3-D design; hand drafting; art history; and math).

Preferred applicants will have an associate’s in Architecture or less than 34 credit hours earned. The preprofessional Architecture BS is fall-only admission.

Applicants with an earned baccalaureate degree must contact School of Architecture and Planning Undergraduate Education prior to applying to the pre-professional Architecture BS for alternative academic advisement and information on the accredited professional 3+ year Master of Architecture degree. The accredited professional Master of Architecture 3+ year degree is tailored for students with undergraduate degrees in environmental design, arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and applied technologies.

Current UB Students Applying to the Program

Eligible students must have a minimum GPA of 2.700 overall and a 2.500 minimum GPA in architecture and architecture-related courses.

University at Buffalo Architecture is a fall-only admission program, with applicants admitted on a space-available basis.

Architecture and architecture-related courses include collegiate architecture; environmental design; studio art; 2-D and 3-D design; hand drafting; art history; and math. Preferred applicants will have less than 34 credit hours earned. Contact the School of Architecture and Planning Undergraduate Education for academic advisement and to express interest in changing your major via ap-advising@buffalo.edu.