Architecture, DArch

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The School of Architecture offers the only NAAB-accredited Doctor of Architecture (DArch) degree in the country and Hawaiʻi’s only professional degree in architecture. The three-year DArch program, recognized for its Asia-Pacific, Hawaiʻi, and urban ecological research focus, emphasizes architectural inquiry within social, cultural, and interdisciplinary studies. The program places emphasis on both theory and practice among its strategic priorities, which address the distinct requirements and challenges of tropical environments, regional issues, and Hawaiʻi’s rich cultural heritage as instructive models for complex global problems. The DArch program is strongly committed to design excellence, sustainability, applied research, and community.

Doctor of Architecture (DArch) Global Track (China Focus)

In partnership with Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning (Shanghai, China), the UH Mānoa School of Architecture has implemented a Global Track (China Focus) of its Doctor of Architecture degree. Students who successfully complete this track will have the option to obtain Tongji University’s College of Architecture and Urban Planning NBAA accredited Masters of Architecture degree along with the UH Mānoa School of Architecture NAAB accredited Doctor of Architecture degree. Nowhere else in the world can a student enroll in a single track and graduate with two accredited architecture degrees from the world’s two largest construction economies.