AUD’s career development opportunities take advantage of both our world-class faculty and the incredible range and depth of practitioners and practices in the Los Angeles metro area.

When you enroll at UCLA AUD, you become a part of the Los Angeles design community, which will inspire and enchant you throughout your studies. It’s also a place where professional and academic opportunities are nearly endless.

And when you graduate from UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, you join an incredible community of AUD alumni around the world who are leaders in shaping the future. Like AUD’s faculty, our alumni practice in offices large and small, spanning disciplines and geographies. Many have founded their own firms; many others teach in the academy or lead design institutions; others bring their design skills to new fields and industries. AUD alumni continue to push the boundaries of architecture and design, just as they began here on campus. AUD is proud to welcome returning alumni back to Perloff Hall each year to mentor and inspire our students.

True Bruins also continue to pay forward the support they received as students, by helping to foster the professional development of the next generation of students with support and mentorship. There are many ways to stay engaged with AUD after graduation, and by doing so, you can help to amplify the impact of our institution.

Where our graduates land

Each year, AUD graduates enter a range of exciting professional practices and opportunities around the world. In recent years, graduates have landed design roles at the following firms, among others:

Bjarke Ingels Group
Foster + Partners
Gensler
CO Architects
NIKE
Roche Bobois
Studio AR&D Architects
Kenneth Rodrigues & Partners
Pixelworks
AC Martin
Pixelworks
Piaggio Fast Forward
IDEO
Lulu AR
Grimshaw
Creadits
RIOS
nC2 architecture llc
Studio William Hefner
Corgan
SereneX LLC
Kilograph
Blng
Seemingly Virtual
Refik Anadol Studio
PBK
Newman Garrison + Partners
Hassell
SVA architects
HOK
Impartial Game Studio
Obsess
REDESIGN GROUP
OKB Hope Foundation
Dusty Robotics
HMC Architects
Roche Bobois
KTGY
XAG Designs
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
Myng Inc
Valerio Architects
Kurt Krueger Architects
Berliner Architects
STG Design
TLarchitects
City Design Studio
House & Robertson Architects
AERO COLLECTIVE
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA)

Where our faculty lead

Los Angeles is an incredible place for architecture and for architects–and our faculty are among the city’s and the nation’s design leaders. AUD faculty lead, and in many cases founded, the following design practices:

Career Programming and Professional Development at AUD

AUD convenes a series of on-campus events each year, including presentations and workshops from faculty, as well as networking opportunities at various scales–the cornerstone of which is our annual Career Fair, bringing dozens of offices and designers to Perloff Hall to network with students and source talent. We take full advantage of our proximity to and engagement with LA design culture, and source opportunities to both learn from and land employment with these practices, innovators, and leaders.

AUD’s career development opportunities take advantage of both our world-class faculty and the incredible range and depth of practitioners and practices in the Los Angeles metro area.

Where our graduates land

Where our faculty lead

Career Programming and Professional Development at AUD

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