This guide is intended to help students new to the graduate program in the Department of Architecture at Penn State to deal more effectively with the many questions that may arise during their stay here.

It is designed to help graduate students understand the policies, requirements, and practices governing the Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture (Ph.D. in Arch.) degree. This guide repeats some information that appears in the Penn State Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin; however, the bulletin is the set of official Graduate School requirements.

Getting started

The Department of Architecture staff can be found in the Stuckeman School main office in 121 Stuckeman Family Building. The staff will provide you with a key to your locker in your assigned space/room. If you have been awarded a teaching assistantship or fellowship, you should see the Graduate Programs Assistant, located in the same office. Here, you will receive information with respect to your work assignment, your faculty supervisor, your starting date, and your stipend payments.

If you want to reach the department office by phone, call 814-865-9535. If you are phoning within the University system, you need only dial the last 5 numbers, in this case “5-9535.”

Contacts

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Graduate Programs Assistant

Registration & LionPATH questions
Graduate School forms
General inquiries
Nina Bumgarner
121 Stuckeman Family Building

Associate Head for Graduate Education

Ute Poerschke, Ph.D.
Stuckeman Professor for Advanced Design Studies
429 Stuckeman Family Building

Department Head

Frank Jacobus
Professor, Stuckeman Chair of Integrative Design
121 Stuckeman Family Building