12 monthsProgramme duration
3,570 GBPTuition Fee/year
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Architecture and Built Environment
Degree
Other
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
This practice-based course provides the final professional qualification in architecture in the UK. It builds on previous knowledge and experience to prepare you for managing architectural projects and is the final step toward registration as an architect in the UK.
The course is designed to ensure high standards in the professional practice of architecture and to give you the opportunity to extend, develop and demonstrate your competence to register and practice as an architect in the UK. The aim is to provide you with the skills neccessary to perform your professional duties with care and to articulate and advocate for your own position within the architecture and construction environment.
Architects have a social and ethical responsibility to consider the impact of their decisions and actions, and this is at the heart of the course, which aims to foster independent and critical thinking. It promotes the development of students' professional ability as architects and responsible designers providing you with the knowledge and experience needed for ideas to become reality in a way that is ethical, economical, efficient, safe and legal.
Students are recruited from a wide range of design professions in the construction industry. The teaching will examine critical events in your own work experience, that of other course members and of the profession at large. The course will also encourage you to feel confident with higher levels of professional responsibility. Our students have had considerable successes in the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President's medals.
You'll benefit from the course's central London location and its close proximity to its internationally renowned creative and industry hubs. The School's extensive networks encourage graduates of the course to expand their knowledge and skills through lectures, events and careers advice, leaving them with excellent career prospects.
Each year various professional bodies and practitioners contribute to the lecture programme as well as other course activities. Current contributors include representatives from The Architects Registration Board, Assael Architecture Ltd, Karakusevic-Carson Architects, 5-Plus Architects and Studio Fifty One and Bennetts Associates.
The formal title of this course is Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA 3). This is what will be shown on the certificate and transcript.
This part-time year-long course is designed for students working in practice. This work-based learning provides a framework to support, encourage and guide students' to learn from experienced practitioners within the architecture and construction context.
Please note that this course offers a choice of six or a 12-month pathways towards the final submission and examination to suit each individual.
Please note, this is a year-long course that runs a choice of six or 12-month pathways to suit each individual.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Architecture and Built Environment
Degree
Other
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
This practice-based course provides the final professional qualification in architecture in the UK. It builds on previous knowledge and experience to prepare you for managing architectural projects and is the final step toward registration as an architect in the UK.
The course is designed to ensure high standards in the professional practice of architecture and to give you the opportunity to extend, develop and demonstrate your competence to register and practice as an architect in the UK. The aim is to provide you with the skills neccessary to perform your professional duties with care and to articulate and advocate for your own position within the architecture and construction environment.
Architects have a social and ethical responsibility to consider the impact of their decisions and actions, and this is at the heart of the course, which aims to foster independent and critical thinking. It promotes the development of students' professional ability as architects and responsible designers providing you with the knowledge and experience needed for ideas to become reality in a way that is ethical, economical, efficient, safe and legal.
Students are recruited from a wide range of design professions in the construction industry. The teaching will examine critical events in your own work experience, that of other course members and of the profession at large. The course will also encourage you to feel confident with higher levels of professional responsibility. Our students have had considerable successes in the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President's medals.
You'll benefit from the course's central London location and its close proximity to its internationally renowned creative and industry hubs. The School's extensive networks encourage graduates of the course to expand their knowledge and skills through lectures, events and careers advice, leaving them with excellent career prospects.
Each year various professional bodies and practitioners contribute to the lecture programme as well as other course activities. Current contributors include representatives from The Architects Registration Board, Assael Architecture Ltd, Karakusevic-Carson Architects, 5-Plus Architects and Studio Fifty One and Bennetts Associates.
The formal title of this course is Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA 3). This is what will be shown on the certificate and transcript.
This part-time year-long course is designed for students working in practice. This work-based learning provides a framework to support, encourage and guide students' to learn from experienced practitioners within the architecture and construction context.
Please note that this course offers a choice of six or a 12-month pathways towards the final submission and examination to suit each individual.
Please note, this is a year-long course that runs a choice of six or 12-month pathways to suit each individual.
Admission Requirements
You will be required to have:
- RIBA Part 1 and Part 2 exemption by examination at a recognised UK or Eire school, or obtained RIBA or ARB Part 1 and Part 2 exemption by interview.
- documentary evidence of practical experience to conform with the RIBA Practical Training Scheme - 24 months of experience in total is required to sit the part 3 examination, of which 12 months minimum should be undertaken in the EEA, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man under the direct supervision of an architect. Further guidance is available on the RIBA website
Applicants who have completed their qualifications outside of the UK or Eire should contact the ARB to obtain confirmation of their eligibility to take the Part 3 Exam.
In cases where exemption from the full year of post-part 2 training is required, evidence of protracted experience at high levels of responsibility must be submitted, sufficient to allow the course tutor to endorse an application for exemption to the RIBA's Co-ordinator for Practical Training.
Applicants are requested to include a personal statement as part of the initial application form and to upload a copy of the award certificate/transcripts for both their Part 1 and Part 2 qualifications. Also, a current CV and employer reference.
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
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