Overview

Whilst the programme covers the full breadth of what is needed to become an architect, you will have the opportunity to shape your learning and focus on areas that are of particular interest to you. Your studies will be shaped by exposure to world-leading teacher-practitioners and researchers who will encourage you to develop new critical and creative approaches to design. You will be able to choose from a series of optional modules and studios, allowing you to engage with the school’s key research specialisms that will inform your design studies.

We encourage you to practice ‘grounded creativity;’ your design studies across both years will involve imaginative engagement with real-world issues and global challenges such as climate change and the UN’s sustainable development goals within localised contexts. You will further your understanding of how architecture is made and how it performs, reflecting on how your technological choices and the way these are integrated in the design process can support the wellbeing of present and future generations.

To prepare you for the demands of the architectural profession, we build on and extend your existing understandings of the historical, theoretical, cultural, political, and geographical dimensions of the architectural discipline. With a focus on innovation, professionalism and commercial awareness, you’ll be encouraged to reflect critically on the wider significance of personal decisions and actions as an architect.

The design studio is at the centre of our community, a place where you’ll mix with students, staff, and industry practitioners and other partners from outside the school to address ethical, global, climatic and professional issues. The studio environment provides the ideal space for you to take your studies in a direction that reflects your own interests, through a process of creativity and discovery. You’ll be encouraged to develop innovative knowledge by experimenting with design, take creative risks and expand your thinking.

Following graduation from the programme you will need to complete a Part 3 programme, for example our Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture: Professional Practice, if you intend to become a registered architect in the United Kingdom. Alternatively, the skills you develop on this module would provide you with a strong grounding to undertake a postgraduate research programme, leading to a PhD or MPhil.

Programme Structure

The MArch Architecture and the Built Environment is a two-year, full-time programme, consisting of 120 credits in each year. All credits must be passed in each year to progress and complete the programme. Both years are spent full time on campus within the school’s dedicated studio environment.

You will undertake a different design project in each year where an emphasis is placed on integrating the knowledge you have learned in other parts of the programme. This will be supplemented by modules that help you to understand the contexts within which architecture sits and modules where you will reflect upon your learning, and how it relates to broader architectural practice.

The programme is structured to maximise opportunities for the development of your own interests. You will choose from a series of specialist modules led by subject experts from within the school who run our other postgraduate specialist courses. We also offer you a choice of design studios in year 2.

Key information

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Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Architecture Industrial Design Urban Planning View 197 other Masters in Architecture in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Tuition Fees

Living costs

Cardiff

United Kingdom

628 - 1066 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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