Bachelor’s degree
BA in Architecture
University of California, Berkeley · Department of Architecture · Berkeley, California, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in ArchitectureBA
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- $7,101per semester, 2026-27 Cohort
About this program
Studio-based liberal arts architecture major in the College of Environmental Design.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Department 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 department describes the BA as pre-professional preparation for entry-level work or graduate study.“equipped with pre-professional competency for entry-level employment in architecture or graduate work in architecture or a related environmental design field.”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
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- UC Berkeley campus232 Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
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.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Tuition per semester, 2026-27 cohort (campus-wide undergraduate fee schedule; same for residents and nonresidents)Tuition · mandatory | $7,101per semester, 2026-27 Cohort | Residents / Nonresidents | 19 October 2026Source |
| Nonresident Supplemental Tuition per semester, 2026-27 undergraduate cohortOther compulsory charge · mandatory | $19,635per semester, 2026-27 Cohort | Nonresidents | 19 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, 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)