Master of Architecture [M.Arch.]

Master of Architecture [M.Arch.] at Chandigarh University in Mohali, Punjab is a postgraduate programme for students who already hold a professional undergraduate degree in architecture and want to specialise further, typically in areas such as urban design, sustainable architecture, planning or digital design tools, depending on the studio electives the department offers in a given year. Teaching is organised around design studios, where students work on progressively complex design problems under faculty critique, alongside seminar courses in theory, technology and research methods. A thesis or major design project forms the culminating piece of work, requiring students to research a site or problem in depth and defend a design proposal to a jury of faculty and, often, outside practitioners. Because the programme sits within a larger architecture and planning school, students typically share design studios, model-making and fabrication spaces, and a design library with undergraduate architecture students, and may get chances to collaborate across programmes on live or competition projects. The degree is aimed at working professionals and recent graduates who want to move into specialised practice, academia, or research roles within architecture and allied design fields, and is commonly treated as a stepping stone toward teaching architecture at the college level. Studio-based postgraduate architecture programmes of this kind also tend to emphasise portfolio development, so graduates typically leave with a body of design work that supports both job applications and further academic study. The sanctioned intake for the programme is apportioned across categories and quotas under the admitting authority's own matrix, and because that matrix is reissued for every admission cycle, applicants should rely on the current session's official notice rather than any earlier or unofficial figure they may come across.