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It takes a unique kind of person to be a good designer, whether in architecture, art and design, graphic design, industrial design or landscape architecture. To identify these students, the College of Design at NC State University has developed special admissions procedures.  In design, quantitative measures such as SAT scores, high school grades and rank in class offer important information about an applicant. To supplement these measures, the College of Design relies heavily on examples of the student's creative work.
Through this review, the Admissions Committees of the academic units (Architecture, Art and Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, and Landscape Architecture) can more directly understand the student's creative and/or problem-solving processes, and assess the applicant's potential for study in design. The emphasis in the review is on the ideas presented, rather than on the finished product.
What is each committee looking for? There is no typical student applicant, but we have observed patterns of behavior which indicate design potential, i.e., a student who observes the world and describes it through drawing, painting or design, writes poetry or essays, or in some other way shows independent thinking and initiative. Work brought to the review should represent the applicant's activities, interests, capabilities and creativity inside and outside the classroom. The possibilities are unlimited.
For a detailed description of portfolio requirements for undergraduate programs, see the procedures described by each academic unit (Architecture: BEDA (four-year degree) or B.Arch (professional degree requiring a four-year degree) programs, Art and Design, Design Studies (no portfolio requirement), Graphic Design, Industrial Design, and Landscape Architecture). |
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Important Dates
for undergraduate admission North Carolina State University
is committed to equality
of educational
opportunity and does not discriminate
against applicants, students,
or employees based on race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability. NC State University commits itself to
positive action to secure equal opportunity
regardless of those characteristics.
The College of Design recognizes the importance and educational value of a richly diverse student body and actively seeks to enlarge the population of underrepresented groups.
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