A community-driven list of worldwide programs on Computational Design (CD) topics. Most of these programs focus on architecture and the built environment, but some of them are more in the arts.
Programs are taught in English, unless otherwise noted.
If you want to contribute, please feel free to submit a pull request. Keep the notes for each program as factual as possible.
This list explictly excludes regular MArch programs that don't have some kind of emphasis on technology or computation.
- Master in Design Studies (MDes) - Mediums, Harvard GSD
- This is the one where Jose Luis, from ParametricCamp, teaches! 🤓⛺
- Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS), Computation, MIT
- Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (MSD-RAS), UPenn
- Jose Luis used to teach Advanced Robotic Programming here :)
- Master of Science Programme Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH), University of Stuttgart
- This program has a very low tuition fee.
- Bachelor of Computational Design (Honours), UNSW
- Master of Science in Computational Design, CMU
- MAS ETH in Computational Structural Design (MAS ETH CSD), ETH
- MAS ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication (MAS ETH DFAB), ETH
- Master of Science in Computational and Advanced Design (MSc CAD), UACEG
- This is an online program ran by Mike Pryor from DesignMorphine.
- Master of Science: Digital and Material Technologies (MSDMT), UMich
- This one is fairly geared towards digital fabrication and robotics.
- Architectural Computation MSc, UCL
- Architectural Design MArch, UCL
- The program has a lot of emphasis and faculty on CD topics.
- Design for Performance & Interaction MArch, UCL
- Design for Manufacture MArch, UCL
- The two programs above are Masters in Architecture, but they have very strong computational content, for fabricatior or interaction.
- Master in Advanced Computation for Architecture & Design (MaCAD), IAAC
- MACAD is an 100% online program training students and professionals to become proficient in computational design, digital technologies and AI applied to AEC.
- Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC), IAAC
- Architecture and Urbanism (DRL) MArch, AA
- Emergent Technologies and Design (EMTECH), AA
- Computational Methods in Architecture (MSc), Cardiff University
- Civil Engineering M.Sc., TUB
- This one is perhaps less architecture-oriented, but more on the BIM and project management side.
- Taught in German only?
- Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), NYU
- Daniel Shiffman, from The Coding Train, teaches here.
- No architecture, mostly art and media studies.
- Máster Universitario en Innovación en Arquitectura: Tecnología y Diseño (MIATD), US
- Very low tuition fees.
- Taught in Spanish.
- Jose Luis did this degree and used to guest lecture here :)
- Master of Science in Computational Design Practices (M.S.CDP), Columbia
- Master Programme Computation in Architecture, Royal Danish Academy
- Master's Degree in Parametric Design in Architecture (MPDA), UPC
This list includes doctoral degrees at the school level. You may also get similar degrees by working with a research lab (see below).
- Doctor of Design (DDes), Harvard GSD
- Jose Luis is also involved in the teaching of this program.
- PhD in Computation, MIT
- PhD in Computational Design, CMU
- Architecture & Technology (A&T) Doctoral Programme, ETH
These labs typically accept applications to do residency or research with them, and some offer a Master or PhD degrees as a result. Please note that the admission conditions, course requirements and financial conditions can widely vary in these groups.
- Ikeda Lab, University of Tokyo
- Led by Yasushi Ikeda.
- @Arastookhajehee, from the PCamp community, is a Project Academic Specialist in this Lab.
- Critical Matter Lab, MIT Media Lab
- Led by Behnaz Farahi.
- Material Processes and Systems Group (MaP+S), Harvard GSD
- Led by Martin Bechthold, Jose Luis is part of it.
- Block Research Group, ETH
- Led by Philippe Block.
- Self-Assembly Lab, MIT
- Led by Skylar Tibbits.
- Laboratory for Timber Constructions IBOIS, EPFL