Course summary
This is a bespoke, design-led MArch Part II where you choose your studio culture from day one. Unlike traditional courses, you’ll specialise immediately in one of our six distinct research environments: Interior Architecture, Urban Design, Digital Craft, Sustainable Architecture, Advanced Architectural Design, or Global Development and Humanitarian Practice. You’ll work in a vertical studio system alongside world-leading practitioners and researchers to hone your ambitions, whether that is joining a top-tier firm like Foster + Partners or leading humanitarian aid projects globally. At Oxford School of Architecture, you’ll immerse yourself in an inclusive and supportive community based around a high-quality studio culture, shaped by our passion for design in a socially responsible way. You’ll have the freedom to undertake projects that reflect your passions, and you’ll work alongside expert academics and industry professionals from local and national practices to gain the specialised skills needed to be an architect of the future.
Assessment method
You’ll be given feedback to support the submission of assignments, which generally takes the form of a portfolio, emphasising process work and iteration as well as final output. Through sector leading cross marking and moderation policies we shall ensure that we maintain consistent standards and learning outcomes across each module are fairly assessed. Work is marked as a percentage and you must pass all compulsory components of the course, without exception, to progress from Year 1 to Year 2. An internal cross-studio portfolio examination will determine your final design grades. This takes place at the end of the second semester in Year 2. Our programme is accredited by the RIBA, the ARB and by LAM, and we appoint external examiners to ensure that our assessment standards and processes are fair and consistent. We choose two external examiners from the profession and two external examiners from academia who have sight of all school submissions and meet you at the end of Year 2.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Architects Registration Board
- Board of Architects Malaysia
- Royal Institute of British Architects
How to apply
International applicants
International applicants will be required to provide proof of English language ability via IELTS or equivalent. Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
Entry requirements
Admission to the programme will normally be open to applicants who fulfil either of the following requirements: hold an undergraduate degree (2:2 in UK system or international equivalent), in Architecture or in a discipline highly relevant to Architecture or possess an appropriate professional background and experience of designing architecture, or designing in a discipline that has a strong relationship or similarities to architecture. All applicants will be invited to submit a portfolio for review (preferably in online format. If submitting a PDF, please compress to 10MB max for storage on the application system). For advice on what to include in your portfolio, watch this video, which explains what we're looking for. Information on portfolio pecifications and how to submit it will be emailed separately upon initial processing of an application. Please also see the University's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in all components
If English is not your first language then, please see here for our requirements and accepted alternative English language qualifications
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9790 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9790 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9790 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9790 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9790 | Year 1 |
| EU | £18900 | Year 1 |
| International | £18900 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP