ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
Architecture BArch
Architecture MArch
BArch (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: K101
MArch including Part 2 exemption from RIBA qualification: 2 years full-time with work-based learning
Typical offers A level: AAB (a mix of Science, Art and Humanities subjects preferred) IB: 35 (6,6,5 HL) with 4 at SL Maths BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDD in a relevant subject (for other combinations please refer to the online prospectus) GCSE: GCSE Maths grade 4/C Plus a portfolio submission and interview
This innovative course aims to nurture creative design leaders who flourish in architectural practice, with firstrate communication and management skills, as well as multidisciplinary knowledge and abilities. The course aims to produce exceptional architects through an education that is immersed in hands-on experiences. Every year, we hold an End of Year Show to celebrate the year’s achievements and showcase student work to practitioners interested in hiring our students and graduates. Our course exempts you from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Part I exam. Transfer onto our extended MArch programme may be possible upon completion of this degree to take a step towards professional chartership as an architect.
Year 1
Areas studied include creative exploration and concept development, manual and digital architectural representation, architectural and art history, construction materials, methods and structures, and building science and performance.
Year 2
Areas studied include medium-scale design projects, advanced design skills, building performance analysis, critical and urban theory, and professional practice skills in preparation for your placement year.
Compulsory placement/study abroad year
Typical offers A 2:1 honours degree or equivalent international qualification in RIBA Part I and a portfolio submission and interview
Experienced architects are asked to translate the complex needs of others into three-dimensional solutions and to respect the world whilst imagining one that does not yet exist. They operate as collaborative design leaders to ensure buildings are designed to meet the needs of society’s broader challenges. This course brings together the knowledge and skills learnt in our highly esteemed BArch course with the very latest thinking and technologies in architecture to encourage students to lead innovations that build our global future. You will be able to deliver comprehensive design propositions that integrate theory and practice. Coursework focuses on project-based design work, physical and spatial installations, and speculative and reflective writings on architectural practice. Every year, we hold an End of Year Show to celebrate the year’s achievements and showcase student work to practitioners interested in hiring our students and graduates. The new programme has been designed to meet the requirements of a Part 2 qualification in Architecture, in line with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)’s accreditation processes, which will be completed at the time of the first graduating cohort, allowing graduates to be exempt from the Part 2 exam.
Year 1
Areas studied include design in practice, reflective practice, contemporary cities, and alternative practice. This is a work-based year delivered via ‘block release’ weeks in the form of lectures, workshops, seminars and site visits whilst students are working in an architectural practice.
Final year
Leading to DPS/DIntS*.
Areas studied include large-scale urban interventions and community-based propositions, global culture and practice, adaptive reuse, business practices for operating a small design practice, and a research dissertation.
This year will be delivered at Loughborough to take advantage of our newly refurbished studio space. The focus will be on a research-led design module that will integrate the dissertation and global future(s) modules as part of a holistic, studio-based approach to architectural design.
Graduate destinations
Graduate destinations
Final year
David Morley Architects, Gensler, Aukett Swanke Architects, Holmes Miller Architects, Chapman Taylor, Murphy Phillips, Glancy Nicholls, and Saunders Boston. *Diploma in Professional/International Studies
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Placement opportunity
Study abroad
As a new programme, employment opportunities will build off the well-established relationships of the Architecture BArch course with companies such as Aukett Swanke Architects, UK; Gensler, UK; and Holmes Miller Architects, China.
Additional award
Accredited course
Work-based learning
