Research doctorate (PhD)
Ph.D. in Design and the Built Environment (hybrid Master-to-Ph.D. option)
Clemson University · Richard A. McMahan School of Architecture · Clemson, South Carolina, United States
- Official award
- Ph.D. in Design and the Built EnvironmentPhD
- Pathway
- ResearchStated for United States
- Format
- HybridStudents must complete the required core courses within three years and finish their degree within eight years
- Tuition
- Not published
Hybrid program
About this program
Self-funded hybrid option of the Master-to-Ph.D. pathway, taught primarily as synchronous online instruction alongside face-to-face classes, with a yearly campus visit.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Richard A. McMahan School of Architecture
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate focused on architecture (PhD, Dr.-Ing. and equivalents).
- Pathway
- Research degreeA research degree. It does not qualify anyone to practise as an architect.
- Why we classify it this way
- The page presents the Ph.D. as a postgraduate research degree.“is a three to four-year postgraduate research degree recognized as the highest level of academic achievement”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- HybridPart online and part in person (studios, residencies, assessments or placements). A hybrid degree is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Mostly online
- Campus studio required
- Not published
- Campus residencies or workshops
- Students are required to visit campus once a year to meet with their advisors and committee members.
- Live attendance
- Live sessions required
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Students must complete the required core courses within three years and finish their degree within eight years
- Credits
- 61 semester credit hoursCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Campus attendance
- visit campus once a year
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Clemson campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio optionalA design portfolio is listed for applicants who want to be considered for a teaching assistantship for the design studio.
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- A master's degree is preferred; applicants with a bachelor's degree and an exceptional academic record complemented by professional experience are also eligible.
- Tests explicitly required
- GRE scores listed as optional
Research degree details
- Department
- Richard A. McMahan School of Architecture
- Previous qualifications
- Outstanding applicants with a master's degree in design or a related field.
- Residency expectations
- Visit campus once a year.
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous architecture degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)