Program Overview
An interdisciplinary, analytic approach to the physical city, with a humanistic perspective and preprofessional training for future architects, city planners, public administrators and writers on urban problems. How competitive: for fall 2025, NYU admitted 9.1% of its 114,125 first-year applicants; it publishes no separate figure for international applicants. It sets no IB minimum: your IB predictions or final results can serve as your testing, and the SAT and ACT are optional through the 2027-2028 application cycle. You choose NYU's campus and programs on the Common App. This program is in the College of Arts and Science.
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Academic Requirements
Requirements checked for 2027 entry
Total IB Points
No IB minimum · holistic admission