Career Post: Architect

Career Title: Architect - a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings.

• Tasks

• Designs and plans out various buildings and structures, including houses, skyscrapers, bridges.

• meet with the clients they are working for

• collaborate with other professionals such as engineers

• may also work with technology frequently as it is a useful tool for planning designs and collaboration
  

• Necessary Skills

  • college degree

  • pass the Architect Registration Examination

  • internships are useful to gain experience before entering the field

• Potential Degrees or Work Experience

• Need either a five-year undergraduate degree in architecture known as a B.Arch. or a post-college master's program known as an M.Arch., which usually takes two or three years to complete

• Optimal Colleges

• University of Pennsylvania

• University of Georgia

• Purdue University

• Stanford University