About - School of Architecture - Carnegie Mellon University

The Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture graduates outstanding professionals with design creativity, historical perspective, social responsibility, technical excellence, and global environmental leadership.

Architecture is truly a multidisciplinary profession, which involves artistic creativity, analytical reasoning, technical capability, social consciousness, and historical perspective. Architects work in a full breadth of careers that design and manage the built environment -from visionary and strategic urban design, to the design of concert halls with excellent acoustics; from engineering weather resistant construction materials, to developing and building affordable housing for the poor.

The study of architecture is a studio-based education with one-on-one intensive teaching. The School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University focuses on the fundamental knowledge bases you will need for an exciting multidisciplinary career dealing with the built environment. From products, to buildings, to cities, architects play a role in designing the future. Some of our graduates have chosen alternative career paths such as Graphic and Web Design, Historic Preservation, and Real Estate Management to name a few. These graduates have applied the problem solving and analytical skills learned in the design studio towards their new profession.

Architects have the responsibility of defining a culture, physical location, spiritual location and temporal location. They have an obligation to engage their creativity in solving a set of problems, dealing with the built environment. -Andrew Caruso, A'07

Andrew Caruso '07


Architecture is one of the few professions that interprets and portrays a time period. Everyone is surrounded by architecture and looking back, you can see what history was like through buildings. Architects are historians. -Gary Tsai, A'06

Gary Tsai '06


Architects have the potential to be leaders in society on many levels. That's a really important aspect of the profession; we can touch so many different parts of society. -Kate Bojsza, A'03

Kate Bojsza '03