Course summary
Our MSc Advanced Architectural Design is aimed at international designers who want to enhance their design and research skills. This architectural design course helps you consolidate your own identity as a designer. You'll develop your own distinctive specialisms through research-led design. We'll prepare you for a world where successful architects increasingly have to be specialists as well as generalists. Our aim is to help you become a leading architect in the profession. The course offers an innovative, absorbing, research-led pathway in advanced architectural design. What you'll learn Architecture and Cities pathway: The semester 1 design project uses the city as a laboratory for exploring ideas and design strategies to develop a masterplan for a significant city centre site. You'll also take a module to develop appropriate research strategies for your chosen area of research in your design thesis. The second semester design project returns to a more conventional architectural scale, exploring:
- ideas of meaning and identity in the urban environment
- the role that public space and buildings play in articulating notions of citizenship and community
- You'll also take a course which focuses on a series of seminal theoretical readings that relate directly to architecture and the city.
- lively design studios
- exhibition spaces
- well-equipped workshop including the latest digital manufacturing technology
- wet fabrication lab including 3D printers
- molecular biology lab (one of the first in the world to be administered by a school of architecture)
- print media suite
- IT suites.
How to apply
International applicants
English Language Requirements: Direct Entry: IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills). If you have lower English Language scores, you may be accepted onto a pre-sessional English course.
Entry requirements
A minimum of a 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in an appropriate discipline. You also need to submit a portfolio. We will also consider applicants on an individual basis with a 2:2 honours degree, or nonstandard qualifications, who can demonstrate a high level of design ability and relevant knowledge from work experience. Architecture and Cities pathway only: Progression to year two of the course is determined by an interview with the Degree Programme Director of the MArch and Degree Programme Director of Architecture and Cities (two year programme). Progression to year two is normally dependent on achieving a mark of 60% or higher in the Specialist Studio module. To study this course you need to meet our Band 3 English Language Requirements. Direct Entry: IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
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Provider information
Newcastle University
King’s Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU