Course summary
The MArch Design Practice is a one-year programme that supports architects, designers, and spatial practitioners’ creative and critical engagement with the design of the built environment. With climate as a central focus, students will consider how reuse, materials, waste, and embodied carbon intersect with economics, politics, and identity to produce new opportunities for design practice in the just transition toward a fair and flourishing world. Students will critically engage with the planetary implications of construction and make bold, rigorous and informed design propositions through which a world otherwise can be built. Students will be introduced to a range of methods and theories drawn from around the world which aim to deliver renewable and equitable futures. Students are encouraged to draw on their existing practices and experiences, and to use the skills and exposure of the programme to propose interventions into existing architectural models or develop new forms of practice entirely.
Entry requirements
Candidates are selected entirely on merit, and applications are welcomed from all over the world, as well as from mid-career designers and career changers. The selection criteria considers creativity, imagination and innovation as demonstrated in your portfolio or equivalent professional experience, as well as your potential to benefit from the programme and to achieve the MArch standard overall. The programme welcomes architects, designers and spatial practitioners from a range of backgrounds, including those from other design disciplines such as sound, moving image or performance, with an interest in the built environment. Applicants from other backgrounds are also welcome, such as practitioners involved in local government, NGOs, journalism and activism.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £15150 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £15150 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £15150 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £15150 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £15150 | Year 1 |
| EU | £35950 | Year 1 |
| International | £35950 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Visit the programme page on the RCA website for details of fees for each year of this programme.
Provider information
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
Kensington and Chelsea
SW7 2EU