Course Overview

Successful completion of this RIBA validated course provides an exemption from Part 2 of the ARB prescribed Examination in Architecture. As part of the process of becoming a professionally qualified Architect in the UK, graduates are required to complete a period of supervised €˜practical training, 12 months of which (commonly referred to as the €˜Year Out) is normally undertaken before commencing full-time academic study at Masters level. This period of practical training constitutes Year 1 of the University of Huddersfield MArch course. Therefore, students who have not previously completed a satisfactory period of practical training should join the course in Year 1. Students who have already completed a satisfactory period of practical training should apply to join the course in Year 2. Years 2 and Year 3 of the course are design-centered and intended to enable you to explore issues of critical regionalism, tectonic expression, and socio-spatial change in relation to establishing your own theoretical position, through which you will be expected to develop a high degree of sensitivity to the contexts and transformations within which design work is undertaken in geographical, cultural, social and technical terms.

General Eligibility

Entry to year 1: Entrants should have obtained a good first degree in Architecture, preferably with RIBA Part 1 exemption, or equivalent. Direct Entry to year 2: Entrants should have obtained a good first degree in Architecture, preferably with RIBA Part 1 exemption, or equivalent, and should have completed a satisfactory period of professional training. Direct entry to the final year of the course will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, (a minimum of TOEFL 550 (Computer Based Toefl 213) score) or equivalent.