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40 PhD programmes in Architecture in North America

Architectural Engineering
The Architectural Engineering programme from Illinois Institute of Technology is awarded in recognition of a high level of mastery in the field of architectural engineering and upon demonstration of a distinct ability to make substantial creative contributions to knowledge in the field.

Architecture
The Architecture programme from Illinois Institute of Technology will help you explore the historic and contemporary intersections among architecture, culture, and technology through two areas of specialization: Technologies of the Built Environment and History, Theory, and Criticism.
Architecture
Architecture from University of California, Berkeley is a research degree appropriate for those seeking careers in teaching and scholarship in architecture and its related areas, or in roles in government or professional consultation that require depth in specialization and experience in research.
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
The Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at University of California, Berkeley offers a professional graduate degree, the Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
Art and Architectural History
The graduate program in Art and Architectural History at University of Virginia is dedicated to training the next generation of professors, museum professionals, and leaders in the digital humanities.
Architecture
This Architecture program at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign offers advanced training for those students whose goal is a career of research and scholarship in academia, industry, or government.
Built Environment
At the University of Washington, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Built Environment. Join us!
Architectural Studies
The mission of the Architectural Studies program offered by University of Missouri - Columbia is to educate future design practitioners, advance research of the built environment and disseminate knowledge of architectural studies to improve quality of life for people.
Architectural Engineering
Architectural Engineering at Drexel University is inherently an interdisciplinary enterprise that is centered on the design, construction, and operation of the built environment.
Architecture
The University of Cincinnati’s Ph.D. Program in Architecture is a post-professional degree program of advanced theoretical studies in architecture with a focus on the acquisition of critical skills related to architectural production, both built and theoretical.
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning from University of California, Berkeley provides training in urban and planning theory, advanced research, and the practice of planning.
Architecture
The study of Architecture and landscape architecture at University of Hawaii at Manoa allows students to generate physical solutions to complex environmental design problems that often have competing economic, social, and political parameters.
Architecture
The doctoral program in Architecture at Pennsylvania State University is a research-based degree concentrating on a number of areas of inquiry.
Architecture and Design Research
The architectural discipline is in constant flux, requiring the ongoing development of new modes of design research. The PhD in Architecture and Design Research at Thomas Jefferson University is focused on anticipating and shaping the future of practice.
Art History and Archaeology
The Ph.D. program in Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland allows students to delve into advanced research in the discipline, develop expertise in undergraduate teaching and build connections with a broad range of professionals in the field.
Architecture - History and Theory of Architecture
The doctoral program at Yale University in Architecture currently offers two tracks of study: Architecture - History and Theory of Architecture, and Ecosystems in Architectural Sciences.
Architecture
The Ph.D. program in Architecture at Columbia University is oriented toward the training of scholars in the field of architectural history and theory.
Architecture
The Architecture and Urban Design deparment at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers two academic graduate degrees: the Master of Arts in Architecture (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture (PhD).
Architectural Engineering
The Architectural Engineering Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln allows students to develop depth and breadth of knowledge by focusing their research within specialized concentrations of the AE field.
Architecture
The Architecture program from Princeton University focuses on the history, theory, and criticism of architecture, urbanism, landscape, and building technology.