MArch / PGDip Level 7 Architect Degree Apprenticeship

Course Summary

This programme is designed to be the next step for professionals aiming to achieve postgraduate qualifications equivalent to the Architects Registration Board (ARB) / Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Parts 2 and 3, whilst continuing to gain relevant experience in practice. The University is currently seeking ARB prescription for the programme, which will be based upon our proposals for meeting and maintaining a series of standardised requirements. Following prescription of the programme, which will be subject to periodic review by the ARB, apprentices completing it may be permitted to designate themselves as ‘architects’ – a legally protected title available only to those named in the ARB’s Register. This first part of our Level 7 Architect Degree Apprenticeship course content is focused on four core strands: developing your design and communication skills, extending your awareness and knowledge of the theory and socio-economic, historic and cultural factors affecting architectural design, advancing your appreciation of technology and construction methods, developing your knowledge of management, practise and law. Students can exit with PGDip award.

Our Architecture courses are designed to maximise your employability prospects following graduation, equipping you with professional skills as well as enhancing and developing your design skills, technical knowledge and ability to communicate your ideas. Graduates have gone on to hold various architectural roles in some of the most well-known practices in the world, including David Chipperfield, Richard Rogers and Glenn Howells, whilst working towards higher qualifications.