Post-professional programs

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto focuses on interdisciplinary training and research in architecture, art and their allied practices, with a mission to educate students, prepare professionals and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just and artfully conceived environments.  

Located in the heart of Toronto—a hub for creative practice and home to many of Canada’s leading architects, landscape architects, urban designers, foresters, artists and curators, the Daniels Faculty community is incredibly cosmopolitan, hailing from every part of the world and producing work that crosses geographic and cultural boundaries.  

Applications are now open across all programs, including the post-professional Master of Urban Design (MUD), Master of Architecture (MARC) and Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA). 

Master of Urban Design  
The Master of Urban Design (MUD) program foregrounds equity in the built environment, exploring practice-based design knowledge as a medium for engaging the social and ecological challenges produced by global urbanization. The two-year post-professional program builds connections to urban planning—and more broadly to the social and environmental sciences—to explore speculative design thinking as a lens to reimagine the policies, infrastructures, and economies that govern city building today. 

Post-professional Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture 
The post-professional Master of Architecture (MARC) and post-professional Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) are advanced design-research programs for individuals already holding professional degrees in their respective areas. This one-year program provides a challenging and rigorous forum for those wishing to extend and focus their previous education. The program is centered on a design-research thesis project. Students work closely throughout the program with faculty advisors with expertise in their area of interest, and gain insight from leading practitioners, theorists and guest critics. 

Applicants should identify research proposals within one of these areas of interest:
–Computation and Fabrication
–Health and Society
–Sustainability and Environment
–Justice and Action 

Admission requirements 
The post-professional programs are open to international and domestic students with professional degrees in architecture, landscape architecture, or in the case of the MUD program, a related field with demonstrated design ability and experience.

Application deadlines 
January 3, 2024: Program application payment and transcripts due
January 10, 2024: Supporting documents due (letters of reference, CV, statement of interest, portfolio, and writing sample(s))

More information on admissions and the application process is available on our graduate admissions webpage. 

Contact: graduate@daniels.utoronto.ca