Admission Requirements + Deadlines

SUBMITTING APPLICATION MATERIALS

Undergraduate and graduate students should submit materials electronically through the respective undergraduate admissions or graduate admissions portals. 

Information regarding Graduate Assistantships may be found on the Graduate College website: https://www.kent.edu/studentaffairs/graduate-assistantships

The College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) is committed to providing support to qualified graduate students. To apply for a graduate assistantship, download the application form and complete it. Upload the completed assistantship application form and all supporting documents (current vita/resume) to your application portal as additional documents after you have submitted your graduate program application. Log in as a returning user with the credentials you used to create your application.

Graduate Assistantships in the CAED are competitive and awarded on an individual basis. Graduate Assistantships are program-dependent research or teaching appointments and are meant to provide financial support by means of tuition waivers and stipend. The majority of CAED Graduate Assistantships are partial (typically one of two semesters per year) with the opportunity for renewal in subsequent years given satisfactory academic progress and good standing.  It is expected that graduate students will be responsible for the remaining cost of attendance (tuition, if applicable, fees and living expenses) after the assistantship is applied.  

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

English Language Proficiency

Please review the information on the Kent State University Office of Global Education website regarding international graduate student admissions.

Minimum required language proficiency scores for the Master of Architecture (M. Arch), Master of Urban Design (MUD), Master of Science in Architecture and Environmental Design (MSAED), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA1 and MLA2,) and Master of Healthcare Design (MHD).

Minimum required language proficiency scores for the Master of Science in Construction Management (MSCM)

English proficiency test scores are required for admission.  Effective Fall 2020, we now permanently accept Duolingo English Test (DET),  as proof of English proficiency.  Additionally, IELTS and Person Vue online tests, IELTS indicator, TOEFL home version and TOEFL ITP Plus will be temporarily accepted as approved examinations for English proficiency requirements.  

GRADUATE RECORD EXAM (GRE)

Scores above 151 (460) verbal reasoning, 150 (620) quantitative reasoning and 4.25 analytical writing will give an applicant good chances of admission. Note: Master of Healthcare Design and Master of Landscape Architecture degree applications do not require a GRE score. 

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

Letters of recommendation are required for all masters programs. Submit letters of recommendation completed by persons who are familiar with your educational goals and your ability to achieve them (one of three letters of recommendation should be from a professional, non-academic source). The format may be a letter and/or the recommendation form, which can be downloaded from the Graduate College Forms Library. For MSAED program letters of recommendation refer to MSAED admission requirements page.

PETITION FOR ADMISSION INTO STUDIO MAJORS

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