USC School of Architecture
The USC School of Architecture is the architecture school at the University of Southern California. Located in Los Angeles, California, it is one of the university's twenty-two professional schools, offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of architecture, building science, landscape architecture and heritage conservation.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1914 |
Parent institution | University of Southern California |
Academic affiliation | NAAB |
| Dean | Willow Bay |
| Associate Dean | Joon-Ho Choi, Vittoria di Palma, Trudi Sandmeier |
Academic staff | 112 |
| Undergraduates | 500 |
| Postgraduates | 200 |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Cardinal and Gold |
| Website | arch |
The USC School of Architecture has enrolled over 6,500 alumni and is consistently ranked among the most prestigious architecture schools in the United States. For 2018, the undergraduate program in architecture was ranked 5th, and the graduate program in architecture was ranked 9th in the nation by DesignIntelligence. Since its founding as a department in 1914, the school has produced some of the world's leading architects, including Frank Gehry, Paul R. Williams, Pierre Koenig and Thom Mayne, among others. The current dean of the school is Willow Bay and faculty comprises notable architects including Alvin Huang, Wes Jones, Lorcan O'Herlihy and Lawrence Scarpa.