Take the first step towards becoming an architect with our Architects Registration Board Part 1 prescribed course. Create meaningful, exhilarating and comforting spaces where people can live, work and play. Apply your knowledge and skills to real-world scenarios through site visits, study trips and in our architectural studios. This course has been validated to include an optional Sandwich Placement year in industry.
From the design of a family home to an entire city, architects shape the world in which we live. Our course delivers the creative and technical skills you’ll need to help transform our built environment and succeed in architectural practice.
We’ll help you to consider the cultural, environmental, technological, social, legal, economic and regulatory contexts of architecture. You’ll learn about its history, from ancient Greece to the present day, and explore the design of buildings as well as the technical and managerial skills needed to turn them into reality. You’ll consider ‘buildability’, sustainability and how to meet human needs in building design and you’ll learn how to produce architectural drawings, and to analyse, research and develop briefs.
Architects have to switch effectively between being an artist, designer, planner, communicator, manager and leader. We’ll make sure you learn to reason logically, communicate clearly and read critically. You’ll become a creative problem-solver who can work independently and as a team member.
In preparation for a career in professional practice, you’ll cover business and management as well as inter-relationships in the construction industry. You’ll be well prepared to contribute to the running of a successful practice.
At our end-of-year Summer Exhibition, you’ll have the chance to display your work to the public.
Each year the School of Architecture organises a study visit to a European city. There is a cost associated with participating in the study visit, which typically lasts 5 days. During the visit, students and staff experience another culture and see how this is represented through both historic and contemporary architecture and in the city's urban planning. Recent study visits have included trips to Lisbon, Venice, Rome, and Vienna.
Our BA (Hons) Architecture course gives you exemption from the Part 1 examinations required by the Architects Registration Board (ARB). This means that when you complete the course you’ll have fulfilled the first part of the three-part process required to become a registered architect in the United Kingdom.
Course Details - Modules
Year one, core modules
Folio Skills
Essential Skills for Architecture
Architecture and Planning Design Studio A
Design Explorations
Building Technology
Elements of Construction Design
Architecture and Planning Design Studio B
History and Theory of Architecture (Introduction)
Year two, core modules
Advanced Construction Technology
Environmental Building Performance
Site Studies and Planning
Architectural Design Studies 1
Modernism and Beyond
Site Studies and Design
Architectural Design Studies 2
Year two, optional modules
Architectural CAD
Modelling Sustainable Architecture
Study of European Practice
Year three, core modules
Project Evaluation and Development
Construction Technology and Innovation
Conversion and Adaptation of Buildings
Professionalism, Values and Ethics
Architectural Design Studies 3
Architectural Design Studies 4 (Dissertation)
Course Details – Assessment Method
Throughout the course, we’ll use a range of assessment methods to help measure your progress. These will include design projects, presentations, timed assignments, exams and coursework.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Architects Registration Board
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:
A60
Campus Name:
Chelmsford Campus
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
UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent).
2020 entry requirements are under review for the next cycle and have been published using the current cycle information. Please check back when Apply opens for the exact requirements.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.
All prospective students must submit evidence of their creative abilities by providing a portfolio.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
