Architecture Schools

Master’s degree · Adjacent subject: Urban design

Master of Urban Design (MUD)

University of California, Berkeley · Department of Architecture · Berkeley, California, United States

Official program pageRequest information
Official award
Master of Urban DesignMUD
Pathway
Post-professionalStated for United States
Format
On campusOne year, three semesters
Tuition
Not published

Adjacent subject

This is a urban design program offered alongside the institution’s architecture programs. It is not an architecture degree and is excluded from default architecture results and selections.

About this program

One-year post-professional urban design program over three semesters (summer, fall, spring) ending in a thesis studio.

Subject
Urban design
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
Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
Pathway
Post-professional / specialistA specialist or advanced master’s that builds on a professional degree or does not by itself lead to registration.
Why we classify it this way
The program is for people who already hold a professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture or city planning.“UC Berkeley’s Master of Urban Design is a one-year STEM-designated program for anyone with a prior professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or city planning”Source
Previous architecture degree required
Depends on route
Applicants without an architecture degree
Not published
Entry routes and duration
RouteDurationCreditsRequirement
Prior professional architecture degreeOne year (three semesters: summer, fall, spring)–Prior professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or city planningSource

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
One year, three semesters
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.

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, portfolio requirement, 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.

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