Why Architecture at UT? 

Here, you’ll be empowered to design your practice. Through drawing, modeling, fabrication, construction, and collaboration, you’ll create spaces that are informed by, and in turn impact societies, natures, and the world. Students here develop deep and lifelong connections within our close-knit community. They also expand their reach through study abroad and service.

Our Approach 

We believe that there’s not one way to practice architecture, be an architect, or leverage an architecture degree. At the core, the discipline of architecture is rooted in making, but how we make, what we make, and why we make are often always evolving. Through experimentation, commitment to process, and open-ended inquiry, we avoid defaults and critique the status quo.

For more than 50 years, students have cultivated skills and honed their practice as they design new ways of drawing, modeling, constructing, and representing the built environment. Our students are passionate authors of rich drawings, 1:1 construction experiments, experimental video games, speculative buildings, and anything in between.  

Research 

Our faculty’s diverse research and creative practices directly inform student learning, bringing cutting-edge technologies and professional insights into the studio and beyond, fostering speculation, criticism, and experimental making in design education.

Spaces and Resources 

Students work on their project at the Fab Lab on October 31, 2023. Photo by Steven Bridges/University of Tennessee.

From the energy of the studio, where ideas take shape with direct input from faculty and peers, to the cutting-edge tools of the Fab Lab and woodshops, our spaces and resources empower students to play, experiment, and take creative risks. 

Our Degrees 

Bachelor of Architecture, B.Arch

Master of Architecture, M.Arch

Dual Degree: M.Arch and Master of Landscape Architecture 

 

Supplement Your Major 

Minors

Whether you are an undergraduate student in our college looking to expand your studies or a master’s candidate looking to specialize, you can tailor your degree and set yourself apart.