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B.S. in Architecture (First-Year)
High school seniors have three options when they are ready to apply to Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Watch the overview and use the tools and information below for more information about applying.
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Begin Your Application
Because Freshman Admission to Taubman College is highly competitive, we encourage all high school seniors to apply Dual Degree to Taubman College and one of the following schools: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), College of Engineering, or Stamps School of Art & Design.
General Application Instructions
All first-year applicants submit their applications using the Common Application.
Review and be sure to send the additional required materials for your application.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions processes all undergraduate applications and can answer all inquiries about application requirements and submission. You can use the “Ask Blue” Admissions Chatbot for questions you have.
Dual Degree Application Instructions
How to apply Dual Degree on the Common Application:
- In the “General” section of the University of Michigan Common App: select “Early Action” as your “Preferred Admission Plan”
- In the “Academics” section: select “Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Dual Applicant”
- Select your second program choice (LS&A, Art & Design, Engineering) in the “Dual Program” section*
- Submit your Common Application by November 1
- Submit your Taubman College Portfolio by February 1
If you are applying to Stamps and Taubman College, be sure to submit a separate portfolio to each program and check the requirements for the Stamps portfolio.
Students who apply Dual Degree by November 1 will receive a decision (Admit or Defer) from their second unit (LS&A, Engineering, and/or Stamps) by the end of January. These students will still have until February 1 to submit their Portfolio. They should expect a final decision from Taubman College by the end of March.
Portfolio
Suitable Work for Portfolio Inclusion
Portfolio content may include, but is not limited to:
- Architectural design or building
- Ceramics
- Costume design
- Digital media
- Fashion design
- Freehand Drawing
- Graphic design
- Industrial design
- Interior design
- Mechanical Drawing
- Other crafts
- Painting
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Sewing
- Stage design
- Two- and three-dimensional pieces
- Woodworking
Generative AI
Generative AI is an emerging design tool used in architecture and other disciplines. Students may include work that was produced or aided by generative AI software (such as Dall-E, Firefly, Midjourney or others) but this work must be clearly labeled and identified.
If the review committee comes across images or drawings that appear to be AI-generated and are not clearly identified, they will exclude this work from their assessment of the portfolio.
Formatting
Required Cover Page
Must include:
- Your last name, first name
- Street address, city, state, postal code, country
- Email address
- Telephone number
Document and File Information
- One Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file
- 20 MB maximum
- Not to exceed 8 ½”x 11” (portrait or landscape)
- 8-10 pages, in addition to one cover page
Each project or piece of work should be labeled neatly with the following information:
- Title of the work
- Media
- The year it was produced
- Whether the work was undertaken independently or as part of a group effort (for group projects, the label should indicate the type and extent of the applicant’s personal involvement)
- The context in which it was produced (a class, in an office, independent work, etc.)
Submit
The portfolio is required and is submitted through Slideroom. Use this one-page checklist to stay on track with your portfolio submission.
There is a $6 fee to submit your portfolio. Students who receive an application fee waiver will also receive a SlideRoom fee waiver.
Please email taubmancollegeadmissions@umich.edu to notify us of your application fee waiver.
Application Status and Evaluation
Enrollment Connect is a U-M website for all application needs: track your checklist and application status, receive important messages from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, view application decision, and more. To log in, use the login credentials from the email sent from Michigan.Admissions@umich.edu verifying your application submission has been successful. If you have not received your login credentials, please visit Verification Email Not Received.
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