Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 150

Program Details

As an Architecture school within a research university, we are a platform for innovation. Our emphasis on research faculty offers students the opportunity to collaborate in growing areas from nanotechnology to augmented and virtual reality, and to explore the frontiers of robotics and digital fabrication. Our program objectives are grounded in professional accreditation requirements.

What You Will Learn:

  • Build abstract relationships and understand the impact of ideas based on the study and analysis of multiple theoretical, social, political, economic, cultural and environmental contexts.
  • Use a diverse range of skills to think about and convey architectural ideas, including drawing, modeling, writing, investigating and speaking.
  • Comprehend the technical aspects of design, systems and materials and be able to apply that comprehension to architectural solutions considering their impact on the environment.
  • Demonstrate the ability to synthesize a wide range of variables into an integrated design solution.
  • Understand business principles for the practice of Architecture, including management, advocacy, and the need to act legally, ethically and critically for the good of the client, society and the public.

Admissions & curriculum

150 Required Credits
Course listing and prerequisites
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Architecture Salaries

$63,300

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$79,000

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

NJIT is home to the only accredited undergraduate architecture program in the State of New Jersey

Career Prospects

Where do Architecture majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Architect
  • Architectural Designer
  • Designer I
  • Project Manager
  • Assistant Project Manager
Top Employers
  • Gensler
  • Perkins Eastman
  • AECOM
  • Perkins+Will
  • Turner Construction
What our students are saying
  • Ian Bentley
    Going to an architecture school so close to New York City felt like the perfect fit for me."
    Ian Bentley
  • Tom Bury
    I worked very hard at NJIT, and I'll be honest--that degree has gotten me exactly where I am today."
    Tom Bury
    Class of '02
    Architecture
  • Earl Jackson
    NJIT put me on the right path for my career."
    Earl Jackson

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