2026 M.Arch. Thesis Defenses

Our current M2 cohort will be defending their theses throughout the school on April 16th and 17th. You can find a schedule of the defenses attached to this publication or posted around the school. All are invited to attend!

The thesis at MSoA is a self-driven research project making up an important part of our M.Arch program. Working with a full-time faculty member as their advisor, students spend 8 months exploring an architectural topic or question of their choosing. The process can involve research, hands-on making, fieldwork and site visits, interviews, community work, and design.

Students present their work for 25 minutes, followed by a period of questions and discussion from the thesis jury consisting of an External Examiner and a Second Reader. These visiting readers are seeing the thesis for the first time, and will help us determine if the thesis is an acceptable academic work. Information about these jury members can be found on the posters.