UO Portland Degrees
From graduate programs for working professionals to research that gets you out into the field, our academic programs are designed to connect you with distinguished professors and leading industry mentors, and have you solve problems through hands-on experience in the community.
College of Design
Architecture
Degree: Master's and fifth year of bachelor's
Length: One to two years
Grounded in a multidisciplinary structure and environmental sustainability, the architecture programs in Portland give students the values, knowledge, skills and practices to become a leader in urban architecture. Studio work and hands-on experiences give students the experience to design with purpose and collaborate with leaders in the field.
Product Design
Degree: Bachelor's
Length: The final year of the product design bachelor's of fine arts program is located in Portland
Gain in-depth knowledge on materials, idea generation, prototyping, and manufacturing to seek solutions to design challenges. Learn how to research consumer needs, design new products, and explore the history and theory of design while making your own products.
Sports Product Design
Degree: Master's
Length: Two years
Why just wear the gear when you can design it? This program prepares students to work on multidisciplinary development teams at athletic brands and sports product company through a focus on innovation, performance, sustainability, marketing and branding.
College of Education
School Psychology
Degree: Master's
Length: Three years
Learn to provide effective, evidence-based services to individuals and groups with a wide variety of strengths and needs. Focus on prevention and early intervention approaches and gain the knowledge and experience to have substantial impact in school psychology and education locally, nationally, and internationally.
The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health
Child Behavioral Health
Degree: Bachelor's
Length: The final two years of the program are in Portland
Be part of the next generation of mental health professionals committed to providing equitable behavioral health and wellness services to children and adolescents. Learn to deliver evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that will help youth identify and regulate emotions, problem solve and set goals.
Child Behavioral Health
Degree: Graduate Microcredential
Length: Three online courses
This program supports educators and other youth-serving professionals by equipping them with evidence-based behavioral health practices designed to promote youth behavioral health and well-being. Training in areas such as regulation, trauma informed support, and fostering healthy relationships can be immediately integrated into classroom and other settings.
Lundquist College of Business
Oregon Executive MBA
Degree: Master's
Length: Two years
Tailored to mid-to-senior managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and emerging business leaders, the program provides a transformational experience to grow your professional confidences and skills for a complex and global business world. The academically rigorous MBA is geared towards working professionals through a condensed schedule, tight-knit cohort,and supportive student services.
Sports Product Management
Degree: Master's
Length: 18 months (onsite) or 21 months (online)
Drawing on the sports and outdoor industry connections in the region, this program immerses students in the entire product creation lifecycle through the lenses of innovation, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and global business.
School of Journalism and Communication
Immersive Media Communication
Degree: Master's
Length: 12 months. online only
Discover the power of virtual, augmented, and extended realities and learn how to use these new technologies as ethical tools to solve social, environmental, and business problems.
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Multimedia Journalism
Degree: Master's
Length: 18-month average, with schedule flexibility for working professionals
Learn to tell compelling stories in ways that engage and resonate, while learning the latest technical skills of digital reporting, such as drone videography, immersive media, podcasting, animation and more.
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Strategic Communications
Degree: Master's
Length: 18-24 months, with options for virtual and in-person classes, an accelerated program, or schedule flexibility for working professionals
Build the mass communications skills that lead to success in businesses, government, and nonprofits. Explore practices and tools that are revolutionizing communications in this rapidly evolving field.
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School of Law
Third-Year Portland Program
Degree: Juris Doctor
Length: Final year
The UO School of Law’s Portland Program offers JD students a unique opportunity to spend their third year of law school building a portfolio of real-world experience, specialized course work, and personal connections in Oregon’s largest city.