The College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University has a long-standing history and a solid academic foundation. It currently consists of four departments: Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Building Technology Science. The college offers six undergraduate programs in Architecture, Urban and Rural Planning, Landscape Architecture, Historic Building Preservation Engineering, Urban Design, and Built Environment and Energy Application Engineering. It also has doctoral and master’s degree programs in Architecture, Urban and Rural Planning, Landscape Architecture and Heat, Gas Supply, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Engineering, supported by postdoctoral research stations in the first three first-level disciplines.

With a complete academic structure and comprehensive program offerings, the college ranks as one of the largest in terms of undergraduate and graduate enrollment among similar institutions worldwide. All three first-level disciplines—Architecture, Urban and Rural Planning, and Landscape Architecture—are included in China’s list of “Double First-Class” construction disciplines. Urban and Rural Planning (including Architecture and Landscape Architecture) is designated as a Shanghai Peak Discipline, while Architecture (including Urban and Rural Planning and Landscape Architecture) is recognized as a Shanghai Key Discipline. In the fifth round of national discipline evaluations, Urban and Rural Planning received an A+ rating, while Architecture and Landscape Architecture were rated A. In the 2026 QS rankings, Tongji University’s Architecture and Built Environment (including Architecture, Urban and Rural Planning, and Landscape Architecture) was ranked 12th globally.

The college publishes ten academically influential journals, including three Chinese-language journals—Urban Planning Forum, Time+Architecture, and Architectural Heritage—and six English-language journals: Built Heritage, Architecture Asia, Architecture China, Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning, Architectural Intelligence, and Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism. It also co-publishes the Chinese journal Landscape Architecture.

Through initiatives such as international construction festivals, joint design studios, overseas study programs, international dual-degree education, international summer schools, an international doctoral school, global forums, and collaborative research projects, the college has established a distinctive global influence.