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School of Architecture ranks second among Harvard, Texas A&M PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 04:46 PM

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Design Intelligence’s Best Architecture and Design Schools of 2008

1. Clemson University
2. University of Texas at Arlington
3. Harvard University, Texas A&M University, Washington University in St. Louis
6. University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech
9. Georgia Tech, Kansas State University, Louisiana State University, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, Texas Tech University, University of Cincinnati, University of Florida
The Graduate Architecture Program was ranked second in the South as one of “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools this year,” according to the ninth annual publication of the DesignIntelligence journal.

Ranked fifth in 2005, the School of Architecture placed behind Clemson University and ahead of Harvard University, which came in third. The South consists of Texas and Oklahoma stretching to the East Coast, then north to Virginia, according to the press release.

Architecture sophomore Alex Benitez said he appreciates the recognition and will keep it in mind when applying for a future job.

“It’s pretty cool knowing that you’re in that high of a ranking school,” Benitez said. “It can be recognized not through sports but through academics.”

The survey, conducted in 2007 by the journal, asked leading architecture firms which programs have produced the most prepared students for modern real-world practice, said journal managing editor Austin Cramer.

Cramer said many leading firms in the market sector that participated in the survey have won major national, state, local, or market-sector awards. He said the study asked participants about sustainability, what educators they admire and how programs rate in various skill sets.

Cramer said more than 700 firms and organizations were commissioned for the research.

“[The firms] find that it has value for their internal evaluation and recruitment purposes,” he said. “Firms who hire graduates value the reputation of some schools over others and want to know the experience of other leading firms in the profession.”

Architecture dean Donald Gatzke said when evaluating these types of surveys, it is important to understand the variance in the years. He said it is a slow process to rise in standings.

“This may be as scientific as they can make it, but it still isn’t very scientific,” Gatzke said. “This is a ranking done by survey, much of it is reputation established by contact with those employers.”

Gatzke said the school did not do anything directly to raise its standings from past surveys. Hosting larger job fairs, more disperse distribution of graduates to more firms and increased promotion of the school’s students contributed to higher standings, he said.

Gatzke said he is proud of his students, delighted to be ranked second place and know people think highly of the school.

“I think it properly reflects the quality of our graduates in terms of preparation,” he said. “What it does mean is that we are in a group of schools that are represented regionally and nationally for that quality.”

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