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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.  

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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
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CAPLA Master of Landscape Architecture Receives STEM Designation

STEM designation for the Master of Landscape Architecture acknowledges the innovative, technical nature of the graduate program while enabling eligible international students to extend their post-degree stay in the U.S.

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CAPLA Partners with UPC Lima to Launch Global Microcampus Program in Sustainable Built Environments

Classes convened for CAPLA’s first microcampus program on March 26, 2020, a unique marrying of UArizona’s BS in Sustainable Built Environments with UPC’s Bachelor of Architecture.

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Turning Your Home into a Healing Space

The way you lay out your physical environment can reduce stress and create calm, say Assistant Professor of Architecture Altaf Engineer and other researchers from the University of Arizona.

Brooke Sands

Curiosity Becomes Passion | Brooke Sands ’22 B. Arch

Chicago native Brooke Sands, now halfway through the five-year CAPLA undergraduate architecture program, offers insight into the challenges and passions of studying architecture.

Lauri Macmillan Johnson

School of Landscape Architecture and Planning Director Featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine Article on Teaching Online

Lauri Macmillan Johnson, director of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning and professor of landscape architecture, was featured in a Landscape Architecture Magazine article on how landscape architecture higher ed programs are managing the transition to online courses forced by the coronavirus pandemic.

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CAPLA Faculty Lead Efforts to Move Design and Studio Courses Online

With all Arizona courses being taught fully online for the remainder of the semester, some faculty members are preparing for a first-time venture. CAPLA faculty quickly came up with a plan to give colleagues a virtual hand.

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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