**Overview** Take your first step to becoming a registered architect on our BA (Hons) Architecture degree course – accredited by Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). With client-driven projects and professional placements, you'll learn from the best in architecture and how to shape cities and communities for the better. Our teaching team of professional architects and focus on sustainability ensure your practice is future-proof and industry-standard. After graduation, you’ll have the theoretical and practical foundations to pursue Master’s study and advance in your registration. You can also begin a career in the architecture, sustainability and construction industries, such as landscape architecture, interior design and historic building conservation. **Course highlights** - Fast-track your architect registration by completing this degree and getting Part 1 qualification – an ARB requirement - Broaden your professional experience by working with actual clients in our in-house Architecture Project Office - Experience a professional design studio by working in our dedicated studio spaces, developing your individual and team skills - Get a taste of working in the architecture industry by taking an optional one-year placement - Impress future employers by showcasing your work at our annual Graduate Show - Enrich your theoretical understanding by going on site visits to major international cities – past trips include Helsinki, Barcelona, New York and Berlin - Advance your abilities in key software used widely in the industries – including Building Information Modelling (BIM), advanced parametric modelling, environment evaluation software, and 3D scanning and printing tools **Careers and opportunities** Many graduates on this course continue their architect training with paid, mentored professional experience in a practice, before studying at postgraduate level for a Master of Architecture degree. You can use your skills in areas such as design practice, planning and historic building conservation. **Graduate jobs** Jobs our graduates have taken on include: - Architectural designer - Interior designer - Landscape architect - Urban designer - Planner - Architectural technologist - Product designer - Graphic designer - Lighting designer - Set designer **Graduate destinations** Companies graduates have worked for include: - Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt - Make - Re-Format - Grimshaw - PAD Studio - Hawkins Brown - Design Engine - Architecture plb - Hampshire County Architects - Squire & Partners - Allies & Morrison - Penoyre & Prasad Past students, having completed their registration, have gone on to run their own practices. For example, Simon Astridge Architecture Workshop, DMWA and PCA.

Year 1 Core modules in this year include: - Communication: Fundamentals - Design: Architectural Application - Design: Exploration - Design: Introduction - Histories, Theories and Matters of Concern - Technology and Environment: Exploration. Year 2 Core modules in this year include: - Communication: Creative Practice - Design: Architectural Investigation - Design: Architectural Narratives - History And Theory Of Modern Architecture - Technology And Environment: Design Practice Optional modules in this year include: - Architecture Study Exchange - Engaged Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Practice - Thematic Design - Student Enterprise - Professional Experience. - Modern Foreign Language Placement year (optional): On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry. We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year. Year 3 Core modules in this year include: - Communication: Professional Practice - Design: Major Project Preparation - Design: Major Project Synthesis - Design: Major Project Technical Resolution - History and Theory: Dissertation - Technology and Environment: Discovery. We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies. Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

You’ll be assessed through coursework and presentation. You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. The way you’re assessed may depend on the modules you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed 100% by coursework in all years.

Architects Royal Institute of British

Architects Registration Board

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: K100

Institution code: P80

Campus Name: Main Site

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
PTE Academic	54.0	An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)	79.0	79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing.
Cambridge English Advanced		Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Cambridge English Proficiency		Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Trinity ISE		Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

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EU	9250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
International	16200.0	Year 1

Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship Placement Year and Year abroad: UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 | EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)| International (Non-EU) – £1,800. Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice. Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation. For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees

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Portsmouth
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