Integrated Master of Architecture

This innovative course accredited by ARB & RIBA combines Part 1 & 2 to offer a faster route to becoming a qualified architect, with an optional placement year. Our Integrated Master of Architecture offers a high-quality creative design education, specifically tailored to prepare you for professional qualification and practice as an architect. This groundbreaking course meets the standards set by professional bodies; the Architect Registration Board’s (ARB) Competency Outcomes, and Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Part 1 and Part 2 requirements, in just four years as opposed to the standard five years. As part of this course, you’ll: - Have the option to take a placement year between years 3 and 4 of your study - Develop and explore the values, knowledge, skills, and techniques essential for becoming a creative, responsive architect, aligned with ARB’s Competency Outcomes - Enjoy a first year with the shared expertise of our Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Landscape Architecture staff - Gain a broad understanding of global histories and theories, examining how diverse environmental and cultural contexts influence spatial design - Enhance your drawing, physical, and computer modelling skills in our extensive studio facilities and 3D workshops - Address spatial, geographical, cultural, aesthetic, technical, and environmental requirements - Critically analyse diverse narratives and social values to formulate innovative solutions to architectural issues - Create design proposals that incorporate your understanding of material choices and environmental building physics to meet various zero-carbon targets Contained awards We offer three contained BA (Hons) awards, from which you can graduate after three years should you wish, providing maximum opportunities and flexibility for study: - BA (Hons) Architecture is RIBA Part 1 accredited - BA (Hons) Architecture in Ecologies & Environment facilitates a technical specialism to be developed and is also RIBA Part 1 accredited - BA (Hons) Architectural History & Theory enables specialist knowledge and understanding of architectural research Find out more Professional body exemptions This course is designed to meet the requirements of professional accreditation bodies: - The Architects Registration Board’s (ARB) prescription of qualifications in architecture education - The Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) validation criteria for Part 1 and Part 2 programmes in architecture - The Quality Assurance Agency’s (QAA) subject benchmark in architecture Changes to educational requirements from December 2027 The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is the statutory regulator for architects in the UK and sets the education and registration requirements for anyone wishing to practice and use the title ‘architect’ in the UK. They do this by accrediting qualifications required for registration as an architect. Details of ARB can be found by visiting the About the Architects Registration Board web page. ARB has published updated educational requirements necessary for registration as an architect which will come into force from December 2027. Currently, and up until December 2027, UK graduates wishing to register as an architect will need to have an ARB accredited Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 qualification, alongside relevant work experience. From 31 December 2027 ARB will only accredit master’s level qualifications (Level 7 in England, Level 11 in Scotland) and the professional diploma which follows. This means that from 2028 an undergraduate Level 6 qualification in architecture will not be required for registration as an architect in the UK.