Degrees & Admissions / Graduate

Ph.D. in Planning, Design and the Built Environment

An interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Planning, Design and the Built Environment, with concentration areas in Architecture, is offered through the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities.

For students from Architecture or the allied design disciplines, the Ph.D. has three areas of particular interest:

Architecture + Health (contact Dr. Dina Battisto)

Animated Architecture (design research in advanced materials, systems and information technologies for the built environment; contact Dr. Keith Evan Green and visit Animated Architecture)

Design/Build (research in appropriate technology and community economic development; field work in community building, contact Dr. Ted Cavanagh)

Tuition and living stipend is frequently offered to highly qualified students, judged on the basis of their application for admissions. The Ph.D. website is found at http://virtual.clemson.edu/caah/pdbe.