Visual Arts & the Built Environment

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @ UWindsor

Program Overview & Highlights

Honours 4-Year Program
B.F.A.
B.Sc.

Plant your feet in two cities in this incredibly unique joint program with the University of Detroit Mercy. Receive a Visual Arts B.F.A. degree from UWindsor, and a B.Sc. in architecture from UDM in this combined program. Courses are taught by architects in this close-knit, niche program. You’ll have lots of hands-on learning opportunities through internships and projects for non-profit groups. Then there’s the option to get your master’s from UDM in just one additional year!

cross-border experience prepares you for a career in architecture and design in Canada and the United-States

1:23 faculty-to-student ratio, ensuring personalized attention from your world-class professors

a unique blend of architecture and visual arts education

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1800

hours of studio time every year

100%

of our graduates are employed within 2 years¹

¹ (OUGS Creative Arts, 2020)

>60%

of time is spent in studios

What Lancers Are Saying

VABE has been the best university experience I could ask for. The VABE program offers opportunities to learn in so many different ways, from tactile and experience based learning to theory and calculus, and allows for students to work one-on-one with professors to develop their skills. Being able to use my passion for art as well as my love of math and problem solving to design for the future is something that could only happen in the VABE program.

Amanda Gatto

Alumni
Visual Arts and the Built Environment

Faculty & Staff

Student Recruitment Officer

Selena Randhawa

Recruiter - Business, FAHSS, Law, Education

Selena Randhawa

Recruiter - Business, FAHSS, Law, Education

schauhan@uwindsor.ca

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Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Physics/SPH4U, Advanced Functions/MHF4U. English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
Note: The VABE program is open to Canadian citizens legally permitted to commute to the United States
Minimum Average: 75%
Mean Average: 82%

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

You must be a Canadian citizen to take part in this program.

Career Tracks

Architect
building/interior designer
urban planning and revitalization co-ordinator
project and facilities manager
building restoration specialist

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What Lancers Are Saying

Faculty & Staff

Student Recruitment Officer

Selena Randhawa

Selena Randhawa

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

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