Master of Arts - Architecture

1 year: Duration

17,500 GBP: Price

Rolling admission: Start

Rolling admission: Deadline

Master: Degree

Campus: Format

Canterbury / United Kingdom: Location

UCA - University for the Creative Arts: School

Program description

On our MA Architecture study at UCA Canterbury, deepen your understanding of built and occupied space and create a unique approach to spatial design.

For us, architecture includes thinking about how people perceive and comprehend space in addition to buildings and construction-related aspects. You will experiment with digital and analog designs in workshops and the studio during this course, expanding your understanding of the field and strengthening your capacity to plan, manage, and complete projects.

You will have the chance to conduct specific theme explorations that involve prototyping, experimenting, re-designing, and constructing, but you will also be required to show total mastery of your produced results and in-depth understanding of your chosen topic of interest.

You'll be in charge of creating a piece of work at the conclusion of the course that will serve as a special expression of the knowledge you've gained working with us.

The experts and organizations in the sector are well-connected to our School of Architecture, and our course staff is in a good position to connect you with such contacts in order to advance your experience, career growth, or academic level.

You can choose the Integrated International Pre-Masters, a year-long preparatory programme of study to get you ready for your master's in the UK, improving your speaking and writing skills in English along with your specialty skills, research knowledge, and self-confidence.

Program structure

Term one

The University, its technical workshops, and other resources will be introduced to you. In the first term, you'll take part in a variety of lectures and seminars and begin to investigate your creative practice.

Context and Methods

The unit encourages your active engagement with a variety of current topics that provide a cultural and intellectual background for thinking about concepts in architecture, fine art, and design through a series of lectures and seminars. Through the debate of theory and the analysis of particular structures, pieces of art, and texts, the course explores cross-disciplinary themes in architecture, fine art, and design.

Exploratory Practice

In order to help you create your project idea in detail for the subsequent parts of the course, this unit is concerned with the examination of creative activity. It offers a structured framework that enables you to look into the potential of approaches, concepts, and themes in your field.

Term two

You start working on your MA project during term two, analyzing and testing the objectives of your proposal during an extended period of self-directed study.

Project Development

Over the course of an extended period of self-directed study, you start to create your MA project, analyzing and testing the objectives of your proposal. At this point in the course, tutorials, group critiques, and presentations all serve to direct and challenge the project's progress. These help your work advance and offer a rigorous critical evaluation from faculty, fellow students, and practicing professionals.

Term three

You'll use the knowledge you learn through your research to produce a final body of work in the third term of the course.

Final Realisation

You will use the knowledge you learn through your study in this course to create a final body of work. You'll show how your MA project's subject and methodology have the potential to inspire knowledge-embodying creative activity. You may need to further hone your technical and presentational abilities during this process, as well as comprehend how they contribute to the creation of meaning in the finished output.

Price

Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students

We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.

Requirements for applicants

If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.

In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.

For our Master's courses, we usually require that you have successful completion of your Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognised university.

For the Master of Architecture (MArch), we require the equivalent of a UK 2:1 Honours degree in Architecture. The exact grade required will be confirmed at the time of application.

English Language requirements for MA/MSc & MBA courses:

IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.5
Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 90
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 176
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Pass, Reading Pass, Speaking Pass, Writing Pass, Total ISE III
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 38, Reading 38, Speaking 38, Writing 38, Total B2 Communicator High Pass

Portfolio requirements

We'll need to examine your written or graphic portfolio for these courses in order to review it. Once you've applied, we'll send you an invitation to submit your portfolio via your applicant portal; more details will be given at that time. This can also be arranged for you if you would prefer to evaluate your work with the Academic Team in person while on campus.

About the university

The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.

Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.

We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.

So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.