Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Challenge yourself to ask hard questions, develop your own positions, and innovate with different methods for design, making, and research.

Lead the way for better urban and regional futures with the knowledge, capabilities, and imagination to foster flourishing places and communities.

Four Urban Technology students gather around a computer in the studio.
Urban Technology students tour an urban garden on a bright sunny day in summer.
Participatory planning students pose for a group picture on a trip to Brazil.
Time Magazine (2026)
#1 U.S. Public University
Money.com (2022)
Top Public College for Your Money
QS World University Rankings (2024)
#8 in U.S. for Architecture & Built Environment
Wallethub (2023)
Best Small College Town in America

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