Careers
Make a more substantial impact on professional and academic teams.
Play a major role for a design firm guiding sustainable principles on new spaces, start your own company renovating historic buildings, work for municipalities inspecting plans and documents, or continue your education by pursuing an advanced degree to make your impact through research or by teaching the next generation of design leaders and teachers.
- Collaborate with professionals through events and lecturers.
- Attend industry-specific career fairs.
- Engage with the career center’s network via Handshake.
Be in demand
Businesses and institutions actively recruit our students because they have more advanced experience and knowledge with digital media and sustainable design practices. They’re ready right from the start to make a more substantial impact on their professional and academic teams. That makes you more marketable.
Get more opportunities
And let’s not forget about the connections – from fellow students to professionals – you’re able to make while enrolled at Mizzou! You quickly realize that being a part of our program, being a Mizzou Tiger, and graduating with one of our degrees, opens you up to exciting opportunities and possibilities.
Start making an impact as…
Interior Design:
- Commercial Interior Designer
- Residential Interior Designer
- Space Planner
- Facility Planner
- Specification Writer
- Marketing Specialist
- Sustainability Consultant
- Project Manager
- Contract Administrator
- Lighting Specialist
- Material Specialist
- Museum and Exhibit Curator
- And more
Architectural Studies/Architecture:
- Commercial Architect (See NCARB for pathways)
- Residential architect
- Designer
- CAD Specialist
- BIM Specialist
- Building Science Specialist
- Sustainability Consultant
- Project Manager
- Contract Administrator
- Lighting Specialist
- Material Specialist
- Museum and Exhibit Curator
- And more
Design Studies:
- Architectural & Civil Drafters
- Interior Designers
- Interior Decorators
- Residential Contractors
- Set & Exhibit Designers
- Construction Managers
- Construction & Building Inspectors
- Government Property Inspectors & Investigators
- Real Estate Brokers
- Real Estate Sales Agents
- Video Game Designers
- And more
Research:
- Professor/Academic Researcher
- Administration
- Research Manager
- Building Performance Researcher
- Sustainable Design Researcher
- And more
Career & Internship Opportunities
This is a feed from Handshake. It’s a free employment site that connects student and alumni job seekers with employers looking to recruit interns, part-time, and full-time hires. Every Mizzou student has a basic profile created for them.