Admission Requirements

• Professional architecture, landscape architecture, or planning degree from an accredited college or university approved by the National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB), or the equivalent if applying with a foreign degree from another country.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0.
• No standardized tests (including GRE) are required, except TOEFL/IELTS for international students

If you do not meet the above criteria, you may, at the discretion of the director, be admitted under a probationary period with an opportunity to demonstrate qualifications by achieving a graduate GPA of 3.0 or higher in your first three graduate degree courses. If your graduate academic record includes any failures in coursework, you may be dismissed from the program following a review of the situation by a Faculty Committee including the director and two faculty members of the School of Architecture and Design appointed by the Dean.

• Completed application.
• $50 nonrefundable application fee.
• Digital Portfolio of Creative Work:
  • The portfolio should consist of your own work (format PDF; size limit 35 MB). 
  • The creative portfolio may include selected studio work, examples of creative coursework, assignment-based projects, self-directed work or pieces of a collaborative nature, publications, and could contain multimedia work, drawings, models, video, animation, etc. 
  • Areas of interest may include design but not limited to: architectural design, urban design, environmental design, design technologies, architectural engineering, architectural interior, industrial design, computational design, product or furniture design, material design, etc. 
  • Please identify each piece of work with a date, title, medium, or methodology and a brief explanation of the work and its context, and organize these into a single, multipage PDF. For any team or collaborative projects, please identify all participants and highlight your own contributions. 
  • Name your PDF files in the following format: MSAUD_Portfolio_LastName_FirstName.pdf 
  • Maximum file size is 35 MB. Please be aware of this limitation when formatting files and resolution for your work. Files larger than 35 megabytes will be rejected by the New York Tech server. Links to materials available through web links, YouTube, Dropbox, etc. should be included in a table of contents on the first page of the portfolio. 
• Curriculum vitae or résumé.
• Personal essay describing your professional and academic experience and how it aligns with your interest of joining the MS.AUD program at New York Tech.
• Two letters of recommendation from references who have direct knowledge of your professional potential and academic ability. Please ask your references to send their letters of recommendations directly to Graduate Admissions at grad@nyit.edu.
• Optional Interview: Once all of your application materials have been submitted in the portal, you are encouraged to meet with Marcella Del Signore, RA, Associate Professor and Graduate Director. Email Zohre Bairieva, Administrative Specialist, at zbairiev@nyit.edu to schedule an appointment.
• Copies of undergraduate transcripts for all schools attended. All final, official transcripts must be received prior to the start of your first semester. Transcripts are only considered official when they are sent directly from your university’s Registrar office to the New York Tech Graduate Admissions Office at grad@nyit.edu.
• Copy of college diploma or proof of degree.
• International student requirements: English proficiency, I-20, and transcript evaluation.

Priority deadlines for admission into the MS.AUD program:

• Fall 2026 Intake: Apply by August 1, 2026
• Spring 2027 Intake: Apply by November 1, 2026

We continue to accept applications on a rolling basis pending available space.

If you have any questions about admissions or eligibility, please contact the Office of Graduate Admissions at grad@nyit.edu or 516.686.7520.

If you have questions about the program that will help you in your decision to attend, please email Marcella Del Signore, RA, Associate Professor and Graduate Director, at mdelsign@nyit.edu or call 212.261.1630.