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Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Certficate Programs High School Summer Program
Scholarships and Financial Aid Visit Information Sessions
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Campus to Capitol Mentoring Programs Student Organizations Spaces and Studio Education Abroad Competitions Professional Development Student Resources Alumni
People News and Events Accreditation Contact Us Giving
McMillan Reservoir Center at sunset

Professional Practice

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Over 60% of our faculty are actively engaged in creative and professional practice while teaching in our programs. These faculty work in top design studios, development firms and agencies in the Baltimore-Washington area, bringing their expertise and talent into the classroom for the next generation of practitioners. 

Highlighted Professional Practice Projects

Gardner Architects Flint Hill project

Faculty, Alums Make Forbes’ “Residential” Experts List

Five of Eight Named Firms on Forbes' 2025 America’s Best-In-State Residential Architects Belong to Terps

View the Forbes residential experts list
Jennifer Cotting

EFC Water Quality Expert Tapped by Gov. Wes Moore

Jennifer Cotting will Join Maryland Subcabinet Panel on Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort

Learn about Cotting's Expertise
Chun-Hsi Wong at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

A Life at the Museum

Architecture Alum Chun-Hsi Wong ’92 Keeps Wildly Popular Smithsonian Venue Humming

 

Learn about the life of the Natural History Museum
Housing illustration in watercolor style

Housing, Reframed

Urban Planner Casey Dawkins Says Modern Manufactured Homes Could Expand Options for First-Time Buyers

Learn how to solve the nation's housing crisis
McMillan Reservoir center with sand bins in background

Reservoir District Master Plan and Recreation Center

Award-Winning Project Taps UMD Faculty and Alums to Revive Historical D.C. Site for Surrounding Community

Read about the Abandoned D.C. Water Site Regaining its Utility
Monticello

6 Little-Known Facts About a Founding Father

UMD Scholar in New Docuseries Shares ‘These Truths’ on Thomas Jefferso

Read about 6 little-known facts about Thomas Jefferson
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