MArch Architecture

The MArch Architecture (Professional) programme expands the ‘hands-on’ ethos of our highly esteemed BArch Architecture course to integrate industry and research further as the next step in your development as an architect. Accredited by both RIBA and ARB you will engage with the very latest thinking and technologies in architecture and urban design to foster innovative applications for our global future.The programme is structured around a student-centred learning approach and ‘research by design’ pedagogy that provides a flexible framework from which you can deliver design experimentation and entrepreneurial thinking by taking advantage of the broad ecosystem of actors and resources that our integrated design lab approach affords. The first year offers a blended learning approach through a mixture of traditional lecture and studio delivery with some block week project teaching and students are based at the University's East Midlands campus in Loughborough. This will be supported by a number of practice visits, residential study trips and associated teaching, where we use our London Campus as a base for the trips. The second year will be delivered entirely at Loughborough, allowing you to construct and test designs of full-scale prototypes using our studio space, dedicated studio space environment, VR and digital fabrication labs, and over 3,000m2 of workshops. The focus will be on a research-led design module that will integrate the dissertation and global future(s) modules as part of a holistic, studio-based approach to architectural design and entrepreneurship.Design labs focus on specialised areas of design research to establish a unique identity for each lab, allowing you to test speculative lines of enquiry as part of an iterative and reflective design process, providing the opportunity to develop visionary technically grounded and robust design propositions. Each student has an allocated workspace, which allows cross-fertilisation of ideas for the formation of a lively, tight-knit creative culture.

A portfolio submission and interview will form part of the admissions process for candidates that have earned a first or 2:1 on their Part 1 architecture degree (or equivalent, if international) or relevant discipline (for example, architectural engineering, or urban design). In case where an exceptional portfolio and interview score is achieved by a candidate with a 2:2 from with an Architecture degree, an offer may be made. To undertake the MArch, all students must complete the entire course with Loughborough University. Candidates should note that there is no provision for direct entry to the second year of the course, nor is there any opportunity to study abroad at another University for any period of the course.