National First-Class Undergraduate Major Construction Site

Passed Seven Consecutive Rounds of the National Professional Education Accreditation

Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipal Featured Major Construction Site

Pilot Program Under the "Excellence Engineers Education and Training Program" by the Ministry of Education

Cultivation Characteristics

The Architecture major focuses on the sustainable development of the built environment and the transformation driven by digital and intelligent technologies. It is dedicated to cultivating well-educated innovative talents who meet the needs of national economic development and the construction and governance of the capital. Students are expected to master a solid theoretical foundation in architecture, along with gaining professional knowledge and hands-on design skills. The program emphasizes creative thinking, interdisciplinary awareness, an international perspective, social responsibility, and teamwork. Graduates are expected to be equipped with strong capabilities in project implementation, research, and interdisciplinary collaboration within architectural and related fields, and embrace the concepts of sustainability and cultural heritage. Graduates may pursue careers in architectural design, urban and rural planning, landscape architecture, as well as in management, education, research, development, industry, and consulting. Upon completing the required professional training, they are eligible to take licensure exams such as the Registered Architect qualification.

Faculty & Staff

Teaching Resources

The program began enrolling undergraduate students in 1980 (on a five-year curriculum). It passed evaluation by the National Board of Architectural Accreditation for the first time in 1998 and has since successfully passed six rounds of re-evaluation. It has been designated as a Featured Major Construction Site by both the Ministry of Education and Beijing. In 2010, it was selected as a pilot program for the Ministry of Education’s National Excellence Engineers Education and Training Program. In the Ministry of Education’s fourth national discipline evaluation in 2018, the Architecture major was ranked 17th nationwide, and in 2020 was selected as a National First-class Undergraduate Major Construction Site. The program is supported by research institutes dealing with metropolitan public architecture, urban renewal and residential areas, historic building preservation, and green building and the environment. It also possesses facilities such as model-making laboratories, building physics laboratories, architectural and urban digital technology experimental centers, and a library branch.

Core Curriculum

Preliminary Architectural Design, Architectural Design, Urban Design, Computer-Aided Design, Architectural Environmental Psychology, Building Physics and Experiments, Principles of Public Building Design, Architectural History, Ancient Architecture Surveying and Mapping, Building Construction, Color Theory, Art Practice, Work Placement, etc.