University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning seeks to improve the human condition through thoughtful design and planning for the built environment. Its academic programs prepare graduates for positions of responsibility within a wide spectrum of professions, organizations, and institutions that shape the built environment at scales ranging from local to global. Architecture was first taught at the university in 1876. The University of Michigan recognized architecture as a formal course of study in 1906.

In architecture, the college offers a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Architecture, a Master of Science and a Ph.D. The Urban and Regional Planning Program, introduced in 1946, was one of the first in the country to offer a planning degree. In Urban and Regional Planning, the college offers a Master of Urban Planning and a Ph.D. The Master of Urban Design program and degree were added to the college in 2001. In 1999, the college was named after A. Alfred Taubman, who made one of the largest gifts to the University of Michigan and the largest gift ever to a school of architecture.

Today, Taubman College’s student body is comprised of 640 individuals, taught by 75 architecture and 30 urban planning faculty members. Our graduates join the 8,000 college alumni around the globe, which is part of the almost 500,000 University of Michigan alumni network.