About Taubman College
Through design, planning, technology, research, and real estate development, our students address urgent challenges, from housing affordability and climate resilience to public health and the changing ways technology influences the built environment.
For more than 100 years, Taubman College has prepared students to improve places and communities. As part of a leading public research university, you’ll learn from accomplished faculty, collaborate across disciplines, and turn ideas into action through studios, laboratories, workshops, research, and community partnerships.
What You Can Study
Whether you are beginning college, advancing your career, or pursuing research, Taubman College offers multiple pathways.
Undergraduate degrees and minors
Graduate degrees and certificates
Doctoral degrees
Learn by Making, Researching, and Collaborating
You’ll develop practical skills and critical perspectives in studios, classrooms, shops, and specialized facilities such as the Digital Fabrication and Robotics Lab and the Taubman Visualization Lab. You can explore low-carbon materials and construction, housing access, resilient cities, healthy communities, visualization, data, and emerging technologies.
Your experience can also extend across the University of Michigan, connecting your interests with fields such as engineering, public policy, business, public health, information, sustainability, and the arts.
Find Your Path and Community
Students come to Taubman College from across the United States and around the world, bringing different experiences, interests, and ambitions. In a collaborative and experimental learning environment, you’ll work with faculty and peers who challenge assumptions, support exploration, and help you build the knowledge, portfolio, relationships, and confidence to pursue your goals.
Taubman College is based in the Art and Architecture Building on the University of Michigan’s North Campus in Ann Arbor. Our studios, laboratories, galleries, classrooms, and gathering spaces are designed to support creativity, collaboration, and a strong academic community.
Graduates join a global alumni network working in architecture, planning, urban design, technology, development, government, research, advocacy, and related fields, applying what they learned to improve communities and advance the public good.
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Mission Statement
The mission of Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning is to shape education and research in pursuit of a more beautiful, inclusive, sustainable, and just world. We foster a collaborative culture that is infused with energy, an experimental mindset, and interdisciplinary pursuits.
