Within the curricular context of an excellent professional design education, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design provides a vital school-wide design culture and educational environment grounded in critical design thinking, multidisciplinary collaborations and civic engagement. We are a professional design school providing excellence in teaching, research and service within a vibrant intellectual community that generates an energy and passion for great design, while nurturing the talent, intellectual agility, optimism and resourcefulness our students need to develop into the leaders in their respective design disciplines and in their communities.