The Architecture program at WKU, a Zhejiang Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Program, offers both Bachelor's and Master's degrees. It integrates engineering, art, and social responsibility to develop global architects equipped for 21st-century challenges. Its key strength lies in the NAAB-accredited curriculum, providing a foundation for international licensure and advanced studies. Through a studio-based, small-class model guided by faculty with degrees from Cornell, Harvard, and other leading institutions, graduates excel globally. Over 80% of graduates pursue further studies at world-class universities like Columbia and Cambridge or join renowned firms including Renzo Piano Building Workshop, OMA, and Gensler.

Program Vision & Agenda

We train critical, engaged practitioners who see architecture not as isolated form-making, but as a public and ecological practice. Each year, students contribute to a school-wide research project that tackles urgent global themes such as: Care and Repair, Waste. We place technology at the heart of architectural reflection, as a field of inquiry. 
Students explore how tools, systems, and innovations relate to the ecological limits of our world and the excesses of contemporary consumption. 

Awards & Recognitions

· 2024  Architecture selected Wenzhou First-Class Discipline

· 2024  Joint M.Arch accredited by NAAB (USA)

· 2021  Selected as Zhejiang Province First-Class Undergraduate Program

· 2020  Two courses awarded Zhejiang Province First-Class Courses:

                    Elements & Principles II: Formal Theory 

                    Studio Ⅲ: Landscape

Faculty Excellence

Our faculty includes globally recognized architects and educators, including Nasrin Seraji (Former Head at Cornell, HKU, and ENSA Paris-Malaquais), Zheng Xiaodong (Former Chief planner of Wenzhou Planning Bureau.; Vice Chancellor of WKU), David Mohney, Former Dean at University of Kentucky; current Dean, MGC. With diverse international backgrounds, all graduates from top architecture programs, our faculty guide students through intensive design studios, theory seminars, and community-based work. 

Global Dialogue

Each term, we invite renowned speakers from architecture, design, and philosophy: such as Timothy Morton (Ecological philosopher), Ole Bouman (Curator, Former Director, NAi), Albena Yaneva (Politecnico di Torino), Antoine Picon (Harvard University), Cho Minsuk (Mass Studies, designer of the Korean Pavilion at Expo 2010) and more. These lectures, workshops, and reviews expose students to cutting-edge global discourse. 

Study Abroad & Collaborations

Our students benefit from international opportunities, including:

· Short-term study programs in France, Italy, and the U.S.

· Joint design studios and collaborations with partner institutions such as University College Dublin (UCD)

· Exchange programs through Kean Global Network