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MSD Architecture (Property Development and Design) at University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Programme overview

The Master of Science in Design: Property Development and Design is entrepreneurial in nature, focusing on material and economic sustainability through a design lens. Design professionals have become increasingly critical and primary members of development teams. The MSD-PDD program provides additional skills, expertise and credentials to augment the knowledge and vocabulary of architects, landscape architects, and designers working particularly in the development sector, enhancing design approaches to a variety of building typologies, while more readily linking this work to the zoning and financial metrics and models critical to a development project's success.

Duration: 12 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 12 course units in total. Listed required courses include ARCH 7020 Project Feasibility and Design Studio; ARCH 7350 Finance for Designers; ARCH 7351 Sustainable Urban Development I: History of Zoning and Urban Form; ARCH 7352 Sustainable Urban Development II: Future of Risk; ARCH 7610 Introduction to Real Estate Development for Architects; ARCH 7650 Project Management I.

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Application information

USD 65,774 a year (2026-27). Weitzman School of Design full-time tuition for Fall 2026-Spring 2027. Excludes General Fee ($4,268), Clinical Fee ($770) and living expenses. The required first-year Summer Studio is billed in addition ($16,652). Source

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