GRADUATE open house on friday, april 4th
Admitted and Prospective students will spend the day at USC Architecture.Find directions here.
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We shape visionary architects and designers through a rigorous, interdisciplinary education.
Situated in the dynamic urban fabric of Los Angeles, we offer an interdisciplinary, innovative environment where students engage with world-renowned faculty and industry leaders. Our commitment to sustainability and equity equips graduates to transform the built environment, impacting communities locally and globally.
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LatestNEWS
4/08/2025A FULL OPEN HOUSE THIS SPRING FOR ADMITTED GRADUATE STUDENTS
USC School of Architecture opened its doors to admitted and prospective graduate students and their families this spring, with its largest turnout ever, for what was a unique day of programming that gave guests insights into what studying and life is like at USC Architecture. The day started with an early breakfast social and then a guided tour of the beautiful USC Campus! Dean Brett Steele welcomed admitted graduate students in a packed auditorium, and spoke about the WHO, WHAT and WHERE that make the USC School of Architecture truly unique in its purpose, place, and programs. Students broke up into program-specific...
4/07/2025LORI FERRISS LECTURES ON BUILDING A PAST-FIRST FUTURE
Lori Ferriss lectured at USC Architecture about leveraging existing and historic buildings for a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable future. She outlined several of her projects and case studies that point to...
4/04/2025YESENIA HERNANDEZ M.ARCH+2 NAMED NEW FACE OF TECH BY 1,000 DREAMS FUND
Congratulations to Yesenia Hernandez, a student in the Masters of Architecture +2 program, for being named a New Face of Tech by the 1,000 Dreams Fund! Hernandez was awarded a scholarship to...
4/03/2025DELANEY RYAN (M.ARCH+3) WINS AIA SAINT LOUIS 2024 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Congratulations to Delaney Ryan, a Masters of Architecture +3 student, for winning the Student Award in AIA Saint Louis’ 2024 National Photography Competition! Her winning submission, Light Field, consisted of a photograph...
3/31/2025TERRA FIRMA AND THE IMPRINT OF ARCHITECTURE
This Wednesday, March 26 2025 Yo-Ichiro Hakomori lectured about his exhibition on display at the USC School of Architecture: Terra Firma and the Imprint of Architecture. Architecture’s spatial and formal relationship to topography and...
Recent News
3/31/2025
THOMAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES REGENERATIVE TIMBER AND MATERIALITY IN ARCHITECTURE
3/28/2025THE USC ARCHITECTURAL GUILD AWARDS RETURNS THIS JUNE
3/27/2025ARCH505b STUDENTS HEAD TO JOSHUA TREE AND PALM SPRINGS TO EXPLORE ART AND ARCHITECTURE
3/25/2025Heritage and conservation after the fires: what’s next for Los Angeles?
3/25/2025JENNIFER BONNER LECTURES AT USC ARCHITECTURE
3/24/2025STUDENTS IN THE BSA+IT PROGRAM TOUR GROUNDBREAKING TECH IN THE BAY AREA
UpcomingEVENTS
4/10/2025Practice,¹ Practice,² Practice ³Undergraduate Projects
4/11/2025HOUSING 10XInnovative Responses to the Housing and Climate Crises
4/18/2025Shalini VajjhalaDesigning for Resilience
4/24/2025Book Event - Peter Ekman's "Timing the Future Metropolis: Foresight, Knowledge, and Doubt in America's Postwar Urbanism"
4/28/2025Kotchakorn Voraakhom
5/13/2025XPO 2025Final Reviews & Exhibition
5/16/2025Commencement 2025
6/03/202564th USC Architectural Guild AwardsCelebrate LA’s Past, Present and Future
Past Events
4/09/2025
ON PHANTOM SHORESLand, Labor, Liberated Futures in the ‘Other’ California
4/04/2025Lori FerrissBuilding a Past-First Future
4/04/20252025 SPRING OPEN HOUSEAdmitted Graduate Students
3/28/2025Thomas Robinson: Regenerative Timber Architecture
3/27/2025CARBON LEADERSHIP FORUM
3/26/2025Yo HakomoriTerra Firma and the Imprint of Architecture
VibrantLIVES
Beyond design studios and other classes, there is much going on at the School, including student events, lectures, exhibitions, global travel opportunities and workshops. The School is a constant hive of activity and invention, and the closely knit architecture community progresses our ideals into the future built environment.
After researching the courses and faculty, USC seemed like the best choice, both because of its explicit focus on the urban environment, and because it would ground my practice in Southern California.
—Hannah Flynn ‘23
The best experience has been the journey, having met inspiring and talented people, pushing boundaries, and delving into the realms of what can and will be.
—Riffath Sultana Hidayathullah ‘24
This school is full of such a diversity of thoughts and ways of working, and I have enjoyed channeling each new idea I have learned into what I make..
—Quinn Wilbert ‘24
See OurPROJECTS
Discover student and faculty work that showcases our rigorous thinking process, creativity, and commitment to social responsibility. Be inspired by how we approach and solve complex architectural challenges.
QuickFACTS
STUDENTS
630
Full-time Students |29 countries |34 US States
27%
Of students are first generation
76%
Receive scholarships or financial aid
FACULTY
123
Faculty
6:1
Student to faculty ratio
+$1m
In research grants awarded to faculty in 2023/24
ALUMNI
6,632
Alumni living in 49 countries & the US
30
Alumni & Guild Events throughout the year
USC ARCHITECTURAL GUILD & PROFESSIONALS
67
Firms participated in our Spring Firm Fair
48%
Of students found a job through the Architecture Trojan Network
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