Architecture | Architectural Space Design | Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage

Bachelor's programs: Architectural Design; Urban Design; Restoration Design; Architecture (in English); Architectural Space Design

Master's  programs: Architecture; Management of Urban Territorial Development; Reconstruction and Restoration of Civic and Religious Buildings; Architectural Space Design (Master’s programs)

Accreditation. State accreditation.

Awards and achievements. One of the leading architecture schools with students who become leaders at international review contests of graduation theses every year.

Teaching staff. More than 70% of the teaching staff hold academic degrees of Candidates or Doctors of Sciences and academic titles of Professors and Associate Professors and are members of the creative unions. The head of the Department of Architectural Design is the Academician of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences.

Facilities and resources. State-of-the-art laboratory equipment and modern software, cutting-edge educational technologies.

Learning outcomes. Students learn how to create unique projects and embody them in models and detailed drawings, combining engineering thinking, artistic and composition skills and modern informational technologies; study, design, create, transform, preserve and adapt a harmonious, comfortable and safe living and social environment; design physical appearance, spatial configuration and functional characteristics of all elements of one population center or its part (a street, a square, a park, etc.).

Research. The scientists conduct research and take part in all-Russian and international conferences, contests, and exhibitions. NNGASU has the Architectural Workshop that implements many projects. There is a dissertation council for architecture majors.

Competitive advantages. Highly qualified teaching staff, popular educational programs, original lectures, network cooperation with partner universities.

Career prospects and employment. Graduates work at the top architectural offices and workshops, architecture and urban development authorities, heritage site protection authorities, and design organizations. The employers are the Department of Urban Development of the Territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Department of Urban Development and Architecture of the Nizhny Novgorod Administration, the Nizhny Novgorod Chief Architect Office, the Department of State Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Municipal Enterprise Institute of City Development NizhegorodgrazhdanNIIproekt, NNGASU Architectural Workshop, the Arhitektonika research and production enterprise, the Archstroy Research and Production Association, the Ethnos research enterprise, and creative architecture workshops in Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Vladimir, Archangelsk, Ivanovo, Voronezh, and other cities.