Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor of Arts or Science in Architecture
Portland State University · School of Architecture · Portland, Oregon, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Architecture
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campusfour-year sequence of required, thematic design studios
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Four-year undergraduate architecture major built on a sequence of design studios, with selective entry to a Professional Track in years three and four after a portfolio review.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- 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
- Bachelor’s degreeA first degree entered after secondary school.
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalA first stage. The source says further study or a further qualification is needed before registration or licensure.
- Why we classify it this way
- The School describes its undergraduate degree as pre-professional, distinct from its professionally accredited Master of Architecture.“including a pre-professional undergraduate degree in Architecture, a professional accredited Master of Architecture”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | four-year sequence of required, thematic design studios | – | Normal PSU admissions process; entry to the Professional Track (years 3 and 4) depends on a second-year portfolio review.Source |
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
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- four-year sequence of required, thematic design studios
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Portland State University campusShattuck Hall, 1914 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio depends on routeNo portfolio for freshman or sophomore entry; a portfolio is reviewed for entry to the Professional Track in year three.
- Interview
- Not published
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
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, 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)