Master’s degree
Master of Environmental Design (M.E.D.)
Yale University · Yale School of Architecture · New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Official award
- Master of Environmental DesignMED
- Pathway
- Post-professionalStated for United States
- Format
- On campustwo-year
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Two-year research-based master's of advanced architectural studies ending in a thesis or independent project.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Yale 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
- 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
- Yale calls the M.E.D. a nonprofessional degree that does not fulfil licensure prerequisites.“This is a nonprofessional degree and does not fulfill prerequisites for licensure.”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
- Full-time
- Duration
- two-year
- Campus attendance
- full-residency program
- Thesis or dissertation
- culminating in a written thesis or independent project
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- New Haven campus180 York Street
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
- Documents
- Applicants for the M.E.D. program will be required to upload a research proposal.
- Deadlines
- The deadline to apply is January 2, 2027 at 5:00 p.m. ET.
- 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, 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)