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Architecture with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Liverpool John Moores University

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UCAS CODE: A002

Course options

  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Mount Pleasant Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP-25

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


Why study Architecture with Foundation Year at Liverpool John Moores University?

- Access to some of the UK's best examples of urban redevelopment and iconic buildings- Teaching in the RIBA award-winning, purpose-built John Lennon Art and Design Building- Opportunities for overseas exchanges and study trips- Exemptions from RIBA/ARB Part 1 exams on graduation- Direct involvement in live artistic projects taking place in the city- 96% of students surveyed said this course challenged them to achieve their best work (National Student Survey 2024)- 94% of students surveyed said the teaching on the course was good or very good (National Student Survey 2024)- LJMU ranked 13th university in the UK for Architecture (The Times UK University Rankings 2025)


About your course

This professionally-validated programme gives you the opportunity to work on a range of authentic architectural projects in a dynamic studio environment within the Liverpool School of Art & Design. Input from practicing architects and access to industry standard technical facilities gives you a rigorous and stimulating programme of study.Taught principally through a studio environment that is seamlessly underpinned and informed by lectures and workshops, the over-arching ambition of the programme is to create graduates with artistic flair, and who are technically skilled and grounded in the demands of the professional role of the architect.The learning and teaching environment is progressively informed by research in pedagogy in the creative field. While teaching the curriculum, the programme also develops less tangible skills in students, such as communication, presentation and self-motivation; a key ambition is to create independent thinkers, adept at resolving problems with creativity and originality.A broad educational experience is offered within which students can develop diverse rigorous and creative approaches to design issues that explore and test appropriate resolutions in relation to contemporary and anticipated contextual issues.Design projects form the backbone of the core teaching strategy. These projects are seen as primers to a divergent creative and critical thought process: they are characterised by individual interpretation and interest of the subjects that encourage imaginative solutions through discursive studio forums.As you progress through the degree, the design projects gradually become larger in scale, more complex and ambitious in their intentions and integrative in their nature. At degree level, predominantly, the city of Liverpool is used as a contextual laboratory to test concepts that have a local flavour with global implications.The aim is to develop graduate skills and knowledge such that they become autonomous thinkers who are capable of analysing, visualising and testing potential solutions to increasingly complex spatial and social issues within an increasingly holistic global scenario.


Foundation Year

The Foundation Year pathway (level 3) introduces students to core academic skills needed to thrive in High Education, and provides an introduction to art and design principles and practices that are required for students to study on the BA (Hons) programmes at Liverpool School of Art and Design. Once you pass the Foundation Year you will progress directly onto the first year of the Architecture honours degree. If you are a full-time UK student, you will qualify for student financial support for the full duration of your course (subject to eligibility criteria).

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
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£ 18,250per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Liverpool John Moores University

  • University League Table

    81st

  • Campus address

    Liverpool John Moores University, Student Life Building, Copperas Hill, Liverpool, Liverpool, L3 5AJ, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    26th out of 55 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 208
    140 67%

    24th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    86.0 86%

    17th

    20
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.25 81%

    14th

    23

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