The Cummings School of Architecture provides a balanced education for students seeking to design and maintain our built and cultural environments.
About the school
In recognition of this transformative philanthropic partnership between RWU and Cummings Foundation, President Ioannis N. Miaoulis announced on April 6 that our School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation will be rededicated as the Cummings School of Architecture (Cummings School), along with the launch of the Cummings Institute for Real Estate, to honor a real estate trailblazer who will inspire RWU students pursuing similar career trajectories. This is one of the largest partnerships with Cummings Foundation outside of Massachusetts, where the Foundation is headquartered, and where Bill and Joyce Cummings have primarily focused their philanthropy.
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The Cummings School of Architecture offers an array of undergraduate, graduate and professional degree, certificate and minor programs in Architecture, Art and Architecural History, Preservation Studies, Preservation Practices, Real Estate, and Urban and Regional Planning. Advisement for those interested in pursuing dual degrees, degree(s) + minor(s), and graduate degree + graduate certificate qualifications is widely available. Our Master of Architecture program is fully NAAB-accredited.
Student work in design studios and coursework results from individual efforts as well as many kinds of collaboration. Included here are examples from all levels of study and programs, in a variety of work-in-progress, final projects, and semester portfolios.
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The Cummings School of Architecture is a community of students, faculty, industry experts and life-long learners. Learn more about the people who make up our school community.
The School’s Career Investment Program is a recipient of an AIA/ACSA Practice and Leadership Award, and features support for paid internships and assistantships throughout the year, and Fall resume and portfolio preparation, and Spring Job Fair engagement with firms and organizations across the country.
Our facilities foster creativity, learning, and teamwork. We offer design studio space, gallery space, computer and materials labs, seminar and lecture rooms, a comprehensive architecture library, and many more resources our students can utilize.
The Cummings School offers a vision of balance—between creation and conservation, local and global issues, professional and liberal arts education, in classroom, studio and field experiences—among people from many places and backgrounds. We have established a great community here, with much interchange among students, faculty and visitors, and connections to many firms and organizations in the region and around the world.
Stephen White, AIA, Dean and Professor of Architecture
In a unique multidisciplinary Real Estate Program, RWU is combining architecture, preservation, construction management, engineering, business, law, public administration and leadership, humanities and science into a powerful new curriculum that prepares graduates with expansive skillsets and perspectives to meet the multi-faceted challenges of real estate.
Our Real Estate program will offer degrees, minors, and certificates, with graduate certificates coming for 2022 and undergraduate and graduate degree programs for 2023.
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Juan Osorio ’19, ‘20M was inspired to enter the field of architecture by his grandfather and his Colombian roots. Now, he works as an architectural designer at Summit Design and Engineering Services in Cary, North Carolina.
Read full storyHonorees are recognized for their career success and involvement within their communities.
From their outstanding academic and co-curricular achievements during their time at RWU to their post-Roger plans, RWU is very proud to celebrate our 2023 graduates. In these stories, hear how an RWU education has shaped their futures.
Philanthropists and real estate entrepreneurs Joyce and Bill Cummings deliver the Commencement address to RWU’s 1,146 graduates.
