Practice. Partnerships. Transformative Impact.
Your Future at DAAP

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Where creativity meets real-world experience.

Our DAAP Graduate Programs highlight curriculum focused on practice and strategic partnerships for transformative impacts. We mediate our built environment with meaningful, creative applications in a unique transdisciplinary setting enhanced by co-op and our distinction as a Tier 1 research university.

Become an integral part of the creative endeavor of posing solutions for the complex social‑technical issues of our world. DAAP is a place where you can take the theoretical and apply it to real-world opportunities alongside internationally recognized faculty.

Choose to engage in innovation and research that has a transformative impact on people’s lives through the perspectives of urban systems, health and well-being, digital culture, creative entrepreneurship, and sustainable living.

Why UC DAAP Graduate Programs? 

Students at DAAP have created logos for NASA and FedEx while on co-op. Our alumni have designed toys for Hasbro and renovated New York’s Grand Central Station. Plus, renowned artists Michael Bierut, Michael Graves, Eva Maddox, Daniel Ludwig, Dorothy Johnson, and John Rosenthal all began their careers here. 

As a graduate student at DAAP, you will be an integral part of the creative endeavor of posing solutions for the complex social-technical issues of our world. It’s a place where you can take the theoretical and apply it to real world opportunities. You can engage in research that has a transformative impact on people’s lives like cancer treatment, equity and inclusion, health equity, sustainability practices, and global warming mitigation. All using industrial-level equipment and technology.

 #1 in public universities for co-op

Top Public School (US News & World Report)

#1 unicorn Founders in the nation

Research 1 University - Carnegie Classification

The most ambitious campus design program in the country.

The New York Times

No matter which of our graduate programs you’re interested in, DAAP will provide you a unique educational experience in an equally unique setting. And as you continue to explore your post-graduate options here at DAAP, just remember, some of our most successful graduates arrived with under-graduate degrees that were not directly related with the fields of design, architecture, art, or planning.

Join any of our DAAP Graduate Programs and/or certificates:

  • Master of Architecture*
  • Master of Science in Architecture
  • Master of Arts in Art Education
  • Master of Community Planning*
  • Master of Design * with a Pathway in Entrepreneurship
  • Master of Fine Arts with a Pathway in Entrepreneurship
  • Master of Landscape Architecture *.
  • Master of Science in Landscape Architecture *
  • Master of Urban Design *
  • PhD in Architecture
  • PhD in Regional Development Planning
  • Certificate in Creative Placemaking
  • Certificate in Historic Preservation
  • Certificate in Museum Studies
  • Certificate in Urban Design

* The curriculum in these disciplines are designated STEM programs.

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