Course Summary

**Architects shape the world around us, balancing creativity and critical knowledge to transform and inspire our built environment. Our RIBA-accredited BSc (Hons) Architecture degree will nurture your skills and channel your passion for design so you are ready to help create a better urban future for everyone.** It’s no surprise that architecture is one of the UK’s most popular degree courses – and an inspiring career choice. Architects are highly-valued in many sectors, working widely throughout the world for governments, major organisations, design practices and engineering consultancies. Led by international experts, Salford is a QS world-ranked centre for architecture studies. Drawing on our enviable location close to the heart of Manchester, one of Europe’s fastest-growing city regions, you’ll explore architecture and the built environment in a collaborative, engaging way. Our three-year BSc Architecture course will nurture your knowledge and skills, so you are ready for sustainable design and practice in the digital era. With unconditional Part 1 validation from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architects Registration Board (ARB), the course provides the crucial first stage in your journey to become a chartered architect. Delivered from our flagship New Adelphi building, you’ll thrive in a dynamic studio-based culture that promotes action learning. You’ll explore spatiality and the relationship between form, space, material and tectonics. You’ll study urban scale, history and theory. You’ll consider building performance and learn how to design to criteria and conceptual frameworks. You’ll sketch ideas, make models, and fill your Instagram feed with visits to local projects. Reflecting the real-world, you’ll complete multi-disciplinary projects and innovative problem-solving activities alongside other built environment students. Through our strong links with local architectural practices and design firms, you’ll receive external critiques and guest lectures. With a focus on your future, you’ll share your creativity at our annual architecture show and build your network at our exclusive built environment careers fair. Features • Explore architectural spatiality and the relationship between form, space, material and tectonics through studio workshops and action-learning modules • Develop skills and competences using digital tools and technologies, such as BIM, that enable more creative and sustainable design • Build your leadership and management skills, gaining the confidence to contribute your opinions and express your ideas • Gain ARB and RIBA Part 1 validation, the crucial first step of your seven-year journey to become a chartered architect • Experience a dynamic studio-based culture, delivered from our £55 million New Adelphi building, complete with 3-D printers and laser cutters

Course Details - Modules

Year one modules may include: Design Studio 1A, Design Representation and Modelling, History and Theory of Architecture, Design Studio 1B, Construction Technology in Architecture 1, Construction Technology in Architecture 2. Year two modules may include: History and Theory of Architecture 2, Design Studio 2A, Multi-Disciplinary Design Project, Construction Technology in Architecture 3, Design Studio 2B:Performance Modelling and Integrated Design, Principles of Sustainable Built Environments. Year three modules may include: Design Studio 3A, Re-creating the City - Re-use and Regeneration, Practice Management and Law, Design Studio 3B, Design Research Project, Environmental Architectural Technology.

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

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.

Application Codes

Course code: K100

Institution code: S03

Campus Name: Main Site

Campus code:

Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 2 A2's or equivalent.

From a minimum of 2 A2's or equivalent.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points from Higher Level.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 2 A2's or equivalent. Additional AS Levels can be used towards the overall tariff points provided they are not completed in the same subject as the A2.

A minimum of 112-128 UCAS Tariff Points from a QAA Approved Level 3 Access to HE Diploma to contain a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3 and 15 at Level 2 to total 60 credits overall for the full award.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 2 Advanced Highers.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points. Not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A2's or equivalent.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points. Not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A2's or equivalent.

Including a grade 5 in Standard Level Maths and grade 5 in Standard Level English.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 2 Higher Level Subjects including a minimum of H5 in Maths and English

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points. Not acceptable on it's own or with additional AS Levels. Must be doing an additional A2 or equivalent to top up to required points.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points. Not acceptable on it's own. Must be completing a minimum of 2 of these or other A Level equivalent qualification.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points. Not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A2's or equivalent.

112-128 UCAS Tariff Points. Not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A2's or equivalent.

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Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

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Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 48%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 94%

Go onto work and study: 97%

Fees and funding

Additional Fee Information

Additional Fee Information are not listed for this Course.

Provider information

The Crescent
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Salford
M5 4WT

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