Many of you are patiently awaiting your admission decision from the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning. We are expecting to have decisions to you soon, but in the meantime, you should still be selecting, backpacking, and registering for courses in your home program as if you were continuing with your field of study (as a backup plan). If you are admitted to the undergraduate architecture program, you can then drop the courses you're registered for under your LSA registration and replace them with the architecture core courses under your architecture registration appointment. And if it so happens that you are not admitted to the program, then you will at least have your fall classes scheduled and will not be scrambling at the last minute to find courses. It is always better to plan, in advance, for the possibility that you might not gain admission, because you can always drop the courses later if you are admitted to the program.

If admitted, you will be given a detailed registration information package in the mail over the summer with instructions. But it is important to note that the architecture courses are reserved for the incoming class, so you do not have to worry about them filling up - the seats are all saved for newly admitted students. However, you should be considering the elective that you will be taking next fall. If you plan to take a course outside the architecture school for your elective, then you should register for it now. You can view the sample schedule on our website to help you select an elective that will not conflict with your core courses.

If the admission decisions are announced earlier than your spring registration appointment (for fall classes), DO NOT register for any architecture courses. Only register for an elective course (in LSA or another school or college) if you will be taking one in the fall. Wait for the detailed registration information package that will be mailed to you over the summer before registering for your architecture courses.

You will first need to log in or create a new account. You will then answer preliminary questions.

Question 1. What type of student are you applying as?
Select cross-campus transfer if you attend the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Select new transfer if you are applying
from another institution, including University of Michigan, Dearborn
and University of Michigan, Flint.

Question 2. What School or College are you applying for?
Select A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

Please answer the remaining preliminary questions. Save and continue.

Please see the application instructions.

Click on the application form button on the left hand side.

Page 1: Please complete all fields.
If you are a cross-campus transfer, please make sure that your current address, in Wolverineaccess, is the address that you want your admission decision mailed. The online application data will not update your current address in Wolverineaccess.

Page 2: Please complete all fields.
If you are a cross-campus transfer, please enter the University of Michigan as an institution that you have attended.

Page 3: Please complete all fields.

Page 4: Please complete all fields listed under “Plan of Study”. All native English speaking applicants can skip the fields under the “Testing” section on page 4. If English is not the applicants native language, please complete the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) section. Please also have your official TOEFL score sent to the University of Michigan, institution code 1839.

Page 5: New Transfers can complete the section, “Coursework”, and can elect to answer the question “Is there anything in your academic record that you should explain?” New transfers do not have to answer any other questions on this page, even though the fields indicate they are required.

Page 5: Cross-campus transfers should answer the two conduct questions.

Page 6: New transfers should complete all fields, if applicable.

Page 6: Cross-campus transfers should complete page 6.

Page 7: New transfers should complete all fields with the course numbers your university uses.

Page 7: Cross campus transfers should complete the short answer question 750-1000 words. Describe the path that led to your decision to study architecture at the University of Michigan. What specific experiences, events, writings, buildings, or people have been influential?

Page 8: New transfers must complete all three essay questions (page 8, 9, and 10).

Page 9/11: Please provide additional information that did not fit on the previous application pages.

Click on the Supplemental Forms button on the right hand side.

Cross-campus transfers should print one Architecture Recommendation Form, complete the top portion, and have a non-architecture professor (non-architecture GSI)complete the recommendation form and attach a letter on letterhead and have it sent to:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
University of Michigan
515 East Jefferson St.
Ann Arbor MI 48109

New transfers should complete the top portion and print two copies and have two professors complete the recommendation form and attach a letter on letterhead and have it sent to:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
University of Michigan
515 East Jefferson St.
Ann Arbor MI 48109

If you have any questions about the application process, please call Meghan Lee at 734/764-1649 or Anne Schoen at 734/615-0431 or email arch@umich.edu

Although you are currently attending the University of Michigan in another school or college, please take this application to transfer into the architecture school very seriously. It is a competitive application process and not all students that apply to this program (either cross campus or new transfers) are admitted. The admissions committee will make a decision regarding your application based on the materials you submit. If you do not submit the requested materials it will have a negative impact on your admissions review. It is important the you adhere to deadlines outlined to make sure there is enough processing time available to complete your file and make it accessible to the committee members. It is the applicant's responsiblity to make sure that materials are turned in on time and to the correct offices. We cannot make exceptions for late applicants as it is unfair to the other applicants that submitted their materials on time. Put your best effort into this application and do not give the committee a reason (incomplete/late application) to give you a less than thorough review.

Date/time
01/10/2008
6-8 pm

Location
Art + Architecture
2000 Bonisteel Blvd
Room: 2104 (Lecture Hall)
Please see http://www.umich.edu/~info/ for maps and information.

If you have any questions, please contact Meghan Lee at meglee@umich.edu or 734/764-1649.

Attn: BS Admissions
Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning
University of Michigan
2000 Bonisteel Blvd
Ann Arbor MI 48109-2069

Please see http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/arch/bsci_portfolio.html for the portfolio guidelines.

We would strongly recommend that students complete the pre-requisite courses during their freshman and sophomore years. Many students elect or are forced to finish up any required pre-requisite courses over the spring and summer terms before starting the architecture program. This is often troublesome for the following reasons: 1)fewer courses are offered over spring/summer terms at most schools, 2)even if the courses are offered, often they are cancelled later due to low enrollment numbers, 3)spring/summer courses usually have reduced credit hours (1 or 2 vs. 3 or 4 for a regular term), and 4)the terms dates are different for every school and can sometimes overlap.

So be proactive and don't delay taking the required pre-requisites. If you must take courses over the summer, make sure you research various schools that you might be able to attend in case you do find yourself in a situation where a class closes. It will only help you to avoid a very stressful summer.