In reviewing our records recently, we were struck by the dramatic increase in applications to our programs over the past eight years. Since 2004, applications to our MArch, SMArchS, SMBT and PhD in Building Technology programs have all more than doubled. Applications to study art have grown by a whopping 350% while our MCP and MAS programs are up 70-80% and the real estate program is up 25%.
Although applications to graduate schools in general tended to be on the rise in those years, we believe the increased interest in our programs also reflects the exciting changes that have been happening here. Our architecture program has developed a much greater reputation for innovative design; we have a whole new generation of faculty coming into our planning program; the program in real estate is in the midst of a major renewal; and our visual studies program has been transformed into the new Program in Art, Culture and Technology. All while the Media Lab continues to generate headlines around the world.
At the same time our programs are evolving, our people are achieving much greater global visibility. Our workshops and practica bring our students’ brilliance to bear on multiplying problems in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas while their work takes more and more honors in major international competitions and is increasingly exhibited in the world’s most prestigious venues. All of this augers well for the school: the greater our reach into the world, the greater impact our students can have on making the world a better place. Which is, after all, what we prepare them for. And we are highly gratified by the growing numbers of students who seek to join us in that mission.
ADÈLE NAUDÉ SANTOS
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