Program start date | Application deadline |
2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Course summary
BArch Architecture
Prepare for a vital role in shaping the world – combining creativity with environmental and technical knowledge – on a progressive architecture course.
How you learn
Our academics bring a wealth of professional experience, cutting-edge knowledge and research into our studios. We also have a great team of visiting lecturers from some of the UK’s prestigious architectural practices.
In our workshop spaces you’ll have support from specialist technicians. Here you’ll have access to a range of design software, modelling equipment and digital fabrication machines.
You learn through:
- Small group seminars
- Studio design tutorials
- Lectures
- Workshop practicals
- Coursework
- Design portfolio assessments
- Physical model assessments
- Illustrated reports
- Essays
- Placement opportunities
- Verbal presentations
Assessment briefs throughout the course are designed to support and encourage individual and diverse exploration, set against common learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
Key themes
This course provides a collaborative, practical and applied learning experience at all levels, bridging the gap between your studies and real-world situations. Sustainable design practices are embedded across all years of study, exposing you to current global issues and fostering innovative and experimental approaches to building design.
To support your transition into higher education, our Introduction to Architecture module is seen as an extended induction to the course. Immerse yourself in the captivating context of architecture's culture, history, and theories – to inspire your own design projects.
You’ll develop practical and technical skills – including proficiency in a range of modelling software, from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Building Information Modelling (BIM). These tools enable you to explore designs and create data-rich environments, enhancing your capabilities as an architect.
You’ll engage in team-based projects within the design studio environment, with an opportunity to work across disciplines in an innovative collaborative project module. You’ll also work with real clients on design projects, allowing you to hone your practical skills and make tangible contributions to the world.
Course support
At every level of study, students are given the opportunity to thrive, culturally, personally and professionally. Throughout your learning journey, you’ll experience a range of dedicated support, such as:
- Access to specialist support services to help with your personal, academic and career development.
- Access to our Skills Centre with one-to-ones, webinars and online resources, where you can get help with planning and structuring your assignments
- Free access to office and studio space, expert workshops, freelance opportunities and a vast business network ready for you to tap into
Modules
Year 1
Compulsory modules
- Environmental Architecture Design Project 1: People, Space And Place
- Environmental Architecture Design Project 2: Dwelling And Climate
- Histories And Theories Of Architecture 1
- Introduction To Architecture
Year 2
Compulsory modules
- Collaborative Project
- Environmental Architecture Design Project 3: Community And Place
- Environmental Architecture Design Project 4: City
- Histories And Theories Of Architecture 2
Year 3
Optional modules
- Placement Year
Final year
Compulsory modules
- Environmental Architecture Design Project 5: Landscape
- Environmental Architecture Design Project 6: Civic
- Histories And Theories Of Architecture 3
- Professional Practice With Short Placement
Future careers
This course prepares you for a career in:
- Architecture
- Other design focused professions
- Construction
- Digital design and management
- Environmental consultancy
- Project or design management
- Property development
- Teaching in colleges or universities
- Third-sector and charitable organisations
Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:
- Foster + Partners
- Glen Howells Architects
- Hawkins\Brown
- Mae Architects
- Fielden Clegg Bradley
- Simpson Haugh
- Cullinan Studio
- BDP
- Purcell Architects
Equipment and facilities
We’ve invested over £100m in new facilities to help you study how and when you want.
On this course you will have access to:
- Dedicated design studio spaces, open seven days a week
- State-of-the-art design spaces with drawing boards, model storage and desktop computers
- Architecture labs which include digital fabrication tools, 3D printer laser cutters, analogue tools, environmental simulation software, BIM and CAD software
- the Adsetts Learning Centre, a 24/7 library with additional resources for academic support
- IT support and access to all necessary software
- technical equipment loans, analogue and digital workshop facilities and specialist advice from technicians
Where will I study?
You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.
Entry requirements
- All students
- Additional information for EU/International students
All students
Degree courses available from 72 UCAS points, call us on to check your options and apply.
Additional information for EU/International students
If you are an International or non-UK European student, you can find out more about the country specific qualifications we accept on our international qualifications page.
For details of English language entry requirements (IELTS), please see the information for 'All students'.
Fees and funding
- Home students
- International students
Home students
Our tuition fee for UK students on full-time undergraduate courses in 2025/26 is £9,535 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during your placement year). These fees are regulated by the UK government and therefore subject to change in future years.
International students
Our tuition fee for International/EU students starting full-time study in 2025/26 is £17,155 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during your placement year)
Financial support for home/EU students
How tuition fees work, student loans and other financial support available.
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