As early as 1929, the major of architecture in the civil engineering discipline was set up, and in 1946 the Department of Architecture was formally established.

In 1952, as part of a nationwide restructuring of university and collage systems, part of the architecture major of our predecessor (Tangshan Jiaotong University) was integrated with the architecture majors of several other universities into the Architecture Department of Tianjin University, and became an integral part of that department. Several faculty members, including Professor Li Wen, from the original Department of Architecture remained at the Railway and Architecture Department of our university.

The university resumed enrollment in architecture major in 1985, and officially restored the Department of Architecture in 1986.  In 2002 the School of Architecture was established, and it was renamed the School of Architecture and Design in 2015, after the integration of other design disciplines.

The School of Architecture and Design has a first-level doctoral degree program in architecture and its architecture disipline is a National Characteristic Specialty , one of the first disciplines to be awarded the "Excellent engineer" training majors in China and the "National-level first-class discipline", and a key discipline in Sichuan Province.

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