The study of architecture is the integrated study of the creation of spaces for the various activities in which human beings engage. The areas that are studied in the architecture program are broadening from mere architecture to encompass the urban environment and environments in general and expanding from the physical environment to the information environment as well. The academic, technical, and artistic skills that are needed by architects and by those who plan, design, build, and preserve our cities are taught in an integrated way based on the three areas of planning and design, environmental and building service engineering, and structural, material, and constructual engineering An inverted T-shaped curriculum is used to give concrete realization to these aims. Within this curriculum, all students first acquire basic knowledge in the three aforementioned fields, which allows them to grasp the perspective as it relates to architecture. Thereafter, students are able to select classes according to their own interests and independent judgment from among a range of specialist fields, thus acquiring in-depth, specialized knowledge. The curriculum aims to allow students to acquire essential, high-level, specialist knowledge on a secure, wide-ranging foundation of basic knowledge. The program also includes various types of practice (exercize) including face-to-face educations in the design and planning practice, and the graduation thesis research. Such activities are intended to foster in students a sense of social duty and a willingness to cooperate, so that they will apply the knowledge they have acquired in the service of society.

Summary of the T-shaped curriculum

Knowledge and concrete abilities that are imparted and fostered through studying specialist subjects in the architecture program