Postgraduate taught

We offer master’s degrees for those with an undergraduate degree to become fully qualified architects, as well as courses for professionals and graduates to gain specialist skills, reflecting our strengths in the historic and contemporary built environment.

Accredited architecture courses

Both our two-year Master of Architecture (Part 2) and PgDip in Architecture: Professional Practice (Part 3) are ARB/RIBA accredited.

Master of Architecture (MArch)

Continue your journey to become a qualified architect, confident in your ability to confront the challenges posed by a competitive and changing world. 

Architecture and the Built Environment (MArch)

Progress in your journey to become a qualified architect, and produce innovative and integrated designs that address the challenges posed by a competitive and changing world.

PgDip in Architecture: Professional Practice

This programme enables students to acquire an in-depth understanding of the legal and economic aspects of architectural practice and construction procurement.

Specialist postgraduate courses

These courses all confront the role of the built environment in the production of global challenges such as climate change. In different ways, they also explore the potential of design practice and innovation to address these challenges, shaping better prospects for future generations and our collective future world.

Some are available part-time or through distance-learning to support working professionals wishing to remain in practice while studying. Many also integrate expertise from other schools in the university creating opportunities for specialised, cross-disciplinary learning.