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Admissions Overview

All prospective students are required to submit application materials directly through the University of Arizona web-based application portals. Applicants may access their applications as many times as necessary to refine and complete them before formal submission.  

CAPLA architecture students at an architecture review

Undergraduate Admissions

Applications are due by May 1 of each year for students who wish to begin their studies in the fall semester of that year and by November 1 for those who wish to begin in the spring of the following calendar year. No portfolio of work is required for either undergraduate program.

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Graduate Admissions

Most graduate students begin their studies at CAPLA in the fall semester, although we accept applications throughout the year and will, on occasion, admit students for the spring semester. The application deadline for priority consideration is January 1; review of all applications submitted after this date will occur on a rolling basis. Portfolios of work are a required element of the application materials for the Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture, and the Master of Landscape Architecture. 

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From The Studio

Ladd Keith Receives Urban Land Institute Award

The Assistant Professor of Planning and Chair of Sustainable Built Environments has been honored with the Rising Star Award from the Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel Program.

Urban Planning Students Win State Award

The award-winning student team worked with communities in the Globe-Miami region of Arizona to craft a framework plan that focused on health, community, environment, connectivity, and economic growth.

Michael Kothke’s Firm Picks Up Two Design Awards

Pocket Parks on Park(ing) Day 2019

MLA students in the American Society of Landscape Architects Student Chapter designed and installed a colorful pocket park for Park(ing) Day 2019.

Planning Student Selected as 2020 ADOT/TRB Minority Fellow

As Tucson awaits the up-coming drop of hundreds of shared electric-scooters (or e-scooters) on our streets, one CAPLA student investigates how local agencies regulate these third-party companies to encourage safe, equitable, and responsible operation.

The Materials Laboratory

A Hands-On Education for B.Arch and M.Arch Students!

Join us as the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) expands the influence and scope of the design and planning professional through an engaged process of making, risk-taking, and knowledge building. The CAPLA community is dedicated to nurturing and teaching design and planning methodologies that are grounded in an ethic of authentic, responsible, hands-on engagement In this way, our graduates are prepared to transform the built environment.

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