School of Architecture receives top rankings from two journals

Author: Julie Hail Flory

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The University of Notre DamesSchoolofArchitecturehas been ranked highly in two new polls conducted by the journals DesignIntelligence and New Urban News.

The only undergraduate architecture program recognized in both surveys, the school ranked 12 th among more than 75 accredited bachelors degree programs in the DesignIntelligence poll, which ranks programs based on responses from a cross-section of architecture firms assessing how well recent college graduates were prepared for real-world practice as new hires.CornellUniversityranked first in the survey for the second consecutive year, followed by theUniversityofTexas,RiceUniversityandCaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity,San Luis Obispo.

Notre Dame ranked second in the New Urban News poll, which is based on input from new urbanists around the country. The Universities of Miami andMarylandwere first and third, respectively.

* Contact: * Kara Kelly, School ofArchitecture , 574-631-5720, _ Kelly.166@nd.edu
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