Admission Requirements + Deadlines

SUBMITTING APPLICATION MATERIALS

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

GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP

Information regarding Graduate Assistantships may be found on the Graduate Studies website: https://www.kent.edu/graduatestudies/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

Please review the information on the Kent State University Office of Global Education website regarding international graduate student admissions. For applicants who must complete language proficiency testing as part of the application, the minimum required language proficiency scores for the College of Architecture and Environmental Design are:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

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, Master of Science in Construction Management and Master of Landscape Architecture degree applications do not require a GRE score. 

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

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

PETITION FOR ADMISSION INTO STUDIO MAJORS

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