The Syracuse University School of Architecture, commonly known as Syracuse Architecture, is the

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. It offers bachelor's and master's degrees and is accredited by the

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(NAAB). Founded in 1873, it has the fourth oldest architecture program in the United States.

History

The architecture school was one of the early schools on Syracuse campus, starting in 1873, just three years after Syracuse University was founded. The school was created as one of two new departments within the

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who served as the Dean of the new college. He later founded

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. Prominent local architects, including

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were recruited as professors. The original ''College of Fine Arts'' was the first institution in the United States to offer both B.A. and M.A. degrees in architecture, painting, sculpture, music, and other. The college was dissolved in 1945, with many new schools forming in its place. The first female student enrolled at Syracuse architecture in 1877, in process becoming the first female in the United States to study architecture as a profession. Frances Whipple Bigelow became the first female graduate in 1898.

Facilities

The program was first housed in the Hall of Languages, and was moved to the newly built Crouse College in 1883, then to Steele Hall in 1908. It finally found its permanent home in newly designed, skylit Slocum Hall in 1919. The school has long been housed in Slocum Hall on the university's main campus, but in January, 2006 the School of Architecture moved to a temporary home in a converted warehouse in

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so that Slocum Hall could undergo massive renovations. As of fall of 2008, the school has returned to its home in Slocum Hall.

Academics

The undergraduate program enrolls nearly 700 students, representing 46 countries, and leads to a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) degree. The graduate program enrolled 120 students in 2021, and offers Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) and post-professional Master of Science (M.S.) in Architecture programs.

Rankings

The Bachelor of Architecture program was ranked 5th nationally in both the ''most Hired from'' and ''most admired'' categories by the journal ''Design Intelligence'' in its 2019–20 rankings. The graduate program was ranked 16th in the nation by ''DesignIntelligence'' on their 2019 list of top architecture schools.

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