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University of Kentucky College of Design

99% Retention Rate

We have the highest rate of student retention of any college at the University of Kentucky.

561 Enrolled Students

Big enough for top-tier facilities and resources; small enough for individualized instruction.

50% Education Abroad

More students study abroad in the College of Design than any other college at UK.

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Academic Programs

Undergraduate Degrees

Discover your creative potential and shape the future of design with innovative undergraduate programs at the University of Kentucky College of Design.

Architecture

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Graduate Degrees

Elevate your expertise and redefine possibilities in design with advanced graduate programs at the University of Kentucky College of Design.

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Heritage Resources Administration

Historic Preservation

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Certificate Programs

Tailored to meet evolving demands of today's industries, enhance your skills and expertise with flexible certificate programs at the University of Kentucky College of Design.

Design Build (Undergraduate) Design Build (Graduate)

Historic Preservation (Undergraduate) Historic Preservation (Graduate)

Universal Design (Undergraduate)

Urban & Environmental Design (Graduate)

Online Programs

Advance your career from anywhere with flexible and accessible online graduate programs in administration and preservation at the University of Kentucky College of Design.

Masters in Heritage Resources Administration

Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation

Recent News

PRD student’s startup one of Von Allmen Center’s Bootcamp winners

Haley Simpkins Jan 9, 2025

The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) in the Gatton College of Business and Economics recently announced the winning startups from the Fall 2024 Bootcamp 1.0 online Business Accelerator. Entrepreneurs from across The University of Kentucky campus and the Lexington community represented their startups in an online pitch competition, with nine winning startups taking home prize money. Product design senior Austin Hirtzel and his startup TriStacker won $1,000 as part of the competition.

Employers: Register for the 2025 Design Career Fair

Haley Simpkins Dec 12, 2024

Employer registration is open for the University of Kentucky's

Pattern + Surface + Skin - Spring 2025 Elective

Dec 6, 2024

Nature serves as an inspiration for many architects who translate its qualities through organizational strategies, biomimicry, evolutionary modeling, and patterns to name a few. In this course students will conduct research through a series of precedent studies where nature serves as an inspiration for the design. After these initial explorations, students will take what was learned collectively and apply this knowledge to research exploring “species or natural occurring systems native to the state of Kentucky.”

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Upcoming Events

Student Research Lunch & Learn

Jan 22, 2025, 1:00 – 2:00 PM

Join Lindsey Fay, Associate Dean for Research, to learn about College of Design research opportunities during the academic year and summer, including assistantships, fellowships, travel funds and more. Hear from current and previous graduate and undergraduate research fellows. Lunch will be provided. This event is open to all CoD students.

Life on Earth - Gallery Exhibition & Lecture

Jan 24, 2025, 9:00 AM – Mar 14, 2025, 6:00 PM

Join us for LIFE ON EARTH, an audiovisual exploration of architecture and design's relationship with our planet, featuring David Chipperfield, Feral Atlas, Francis Kéré, Alice Rawsthorn and many more. Beatrice Galilee of The World Around and McKenna Dunbar will give an opening lecture on January 24 at 4:00 p.m. in the Forum (GDB 111). The exhibition will run from January 24 through March 14, 2025, in the Gray Design Building Gallery.

Queer Designs and Cold War Homophobia: Lessons from the Life of Bruce Goff

Jan 29, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00 PM

You will not find much about Bruce Goff in histories of architecture or design. At most, he was called “eccentric”, a characterization he shared with Frank Lloyd Wright, who also experienced his share of marginalization. Practicing after World War II, Goff, like Wright, created architecture and interiors in the American Midwest, many for the middle class, which still stand as inventive examples of design.

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