The University of Sheffield
Prospective Postgraduates

MArch Architecture

Key factsPostgraduate student from the School of Architecture

  • School of Architecture, Faculty of Social Sciences
  • 2 years full-time/3 years part-time

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Entry requirements

You'll need BA Architecture, 2:1 or equivalent, from a RIBA/ARB approved institution, along with one year in practice. You should have RIBA Part 1 or equivalent.

English language requirements: overall IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Any questions?

If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:

E: ssoa@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 0306/0309

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About the course

Professional accreditation as an architect. The degree is currently validated by the RIBA at Part 2 and prescribed by ARB. Your study will be mainly studio-based, with design projects each year. To qualify as an architect, you'll produce at least one comprehensive design project and usually a dissertation. Through our unique live project you can work with local and regional groups on real-life challenges. You could be building, consulting or designing urban masterplans.

Core modules

  • Design 1 and 2
  • Special Design 1
  • Theory and Research
  • Environment and Technology 1
  • Management and Practice 1
  • Dissertation 1

Optional modules

  • Reflections on Practice
  • Reflections on Architectural Education
  • Studying Urban Context
  • Computer-Aided Architectural Design
  • Computational Design
  • Climate-Sensitive Environmental Design
  • Building Environmental Simulation and Analysis
  • Renewable Energy
  • Interactive Urban Visualisation Modelling

Teaching

Our design teaching is studio-based with several research-led options. Programmes run by specialist staff link together:

  • Lectures
  • Studio work
  • Research

Assessment

Each module is assessed individually, either by:

  • Formal written examination or
  • Coursework

Advance your career

Our graduates are architects, project managers, urban designers and client advisors.

Employers include the Olympic Park Legacy Company, Hawkins Brown, Renzo Piano Building Workshop and URBED (Urbanism, Environment & Design) Ltd.

Learn from experts

You’ll be joining one of the largest and most diverse groups of full-time architecture academics in the country. Our staff come from the arts, physical and social sciences, and engineering. This connects our research to other disciplines and stimulates debate about the future of architecture.

Our international research projects shape policy and address public and professional needs. They are integrated with our teaching on courses that will develop your core skills. You’ll be encouraged to provide social and environmental solutions to the challenges of our time.

Explore your ideas

We have design studios, traditional lecture and seminar areas, research rooms, specialist laboratories and computing facilities. There are also specialist architecture resources in the University library.

You'll be able to access our own technical workshop, photographic and audio-visual unit, a range of specialist lighting, acoustic and thermal environmental assessment and experimental facilities, and a postgraduate common room.

Our teaching is more than lectures and seminars. Our student-led design projects help you learn by doing.

You'll work with real clients on real projects, and discover the benefits of socially engaged design and collaborative working where the outcomes make a difference to communities.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form