Program Overview

The success of our programme is owed to the following three factors: a collaborative practice that engages students in teamwork with their peers and expert professionals; a research-driven curriculum that exposes students to a rich repertoire of themes and cultures; and an international outlook that widens their professional horizon.

Tutors with strong research and professional backgrounds instil competence and confidence in students to explore local and international issues in all areas of architecture. Working with real projects in the British context allows national stakeholders to inform the briefing and review process; tackling international issues provides students with a wider knowledge of cities and architectures and the skills to work in different contexts on site and remotely. Our successful international field trips, design competitions, collaborations with different universities, as well as our extensive exchange programme further support this vision. We also have a very generous offering of prizes for students performing strongly in areas of our MArch degree.

With its diverse research portfolio, a multi-disciplinary approach, and a strong professional network, the programme equips students with agency to develop their own agendas in all sectors of the built environment, offering more than one way to become an architect. Our graduates have an excellent record of employment in both internationally renowned offices and small-scale specialist practices.

What you'll learn

• To design pieces of architecture within complex urban contexts
• To take responsible and informed action about the maintenance and the further development of the built environment
• To synthesise intricate and creative design briefs in response to diverse conditions
• To critically evaluate the social, economic, political, cultural, and environmental impact of architectural design
• To apply the principles of sustainable design and to develop the structural, constructional, material, environmental and legislative aspects of a complex building to a high degree of resolution
• To practice the wide range of forms of architectural representation (from verbal to drawing by physical and digital means and from modelling to photography to film and to installation) to describe design ideas and proposals