Awarded to graduating first-professional-degree candidates chosen from each of our master's programs for consistent, high-caliber design work performed in the design studios.
The American Institute of Architects awards an engraved medal and certificate of merit to the top-ranking graduating student in each architecture program accredited by the National Architecture Accreditation Board. A certificate of merit is awarded to the second-ranking student.
The Friends of the School of Architecture and Planning present this award to a graduating bachelor of science in architecture student accepted into our MArch program. The recipient must be returning to receive this award. The student must show innovation and inventiveness in design.
Awarded to students with outstanding studio work.
Awarded to students with the highest overall GPA.
This award is given to one student based on criteria that acknowledge innovation, integrity, and scholarship in architecture or environmental research.
Alpha Ro Chi is a national professional fraternity. Each year it awards a medal to a first-professional-degree candidate in each accredited school of architecture in the country. The medal is awarded for leadership, service, and merit and is meant to promote professional qualities in students.
Awards and prizes honoring undergraduate student excellence:
An award to the continuing student (junior) with the highest grade point average.
An award in Studio to the graduating senior who excelled in and contributed most to workshops and studios in the B.A.E.D. program
An award in Studio to the graduating senior who excelled in and contributed most to workshops and studios in the B.A.E.D. program.
A biannually award to the graduating senior who is continuing on for graduate studies in the School of Architecture and Planning and who exemplifies attributes of creativity, inventiveness, and intellectual excellence.
Awards and prizes honoring graduate student excellence:
An award to the continuing student (first-year M.U.P.) with the highest grade point average.
An award to the graduating student with the highest grade point average in the program.
An award to honor the highest level of achievement on culminating exercises.
A monetary prize for excellence in a thesis or project on a global or international topic.
Awarded by the Western New York division of the American Planning Association to a graduating student to recognize the highest promise for professional excellence.