BSc (Hons) Architecture
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 17,040 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* full-time International students; Home students £9,250 per year
Introduction
Architects are highly-valued professionals, working with governments, engineers, construction partners and design practices throughout the world to shape our cities and the built environment. As an architect, your work will inspire others, as you design new buildings and public spaces, and reinvent, restore and conserve existing ones.
If you are looking for a degree - and future career - that combines creativity, design and critical thinking, look no further than our BSc (Hons) Architecture degree course.
Our three-year BSc (Hons) Architecture course is carefully designed to nurture your development and prepare you for practice. With unconditional Part 1 validation from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architects Registration Board (ARB), this course is the first step to becoming an unstoppable chartered architect.
You will:
- Explore spatiality and the relationship between form, space, material and tectonics.
- Study urban scale, history and theory, making regular study visits to sites and developments.
- Develop leadership and management skills, gaining the confidence to contribute your opinions and express your creative ideas.
- Assess a building’s performance and learn how to meet key criteria in your design work and conceptual frameworks.
Ideal Students
This is for you if...
- You're fascinated by cities and urban life and want to help develop and shape our future built environment.
- You're a design-focused solution-seeker, looking to combine highly imaginative creativity with theoretical and technical knowledge.
- You have ambitions to be an architect and want to start your journey towards professional status.
Curriculum
Delivered full-time over three years, our BSc Architecture degree illuminates the built environment collaboratively and imaginatively. Combining planning, design, construction and operation, the course content will nurture your professional skills, creative approach and technical knowledge.
You’ll focus on architectural spatiality and studio-based activities in your first year, then you will explore how to design according to performance criteria and conceptual frameworks in year two with an optional overseas study visit. Bring it all together by applying all your knowledge in a final architectural design project to present at our annual degree show.
Learning Experience
With our enviable location at the heart of buzzing central Manchester, our expert academic team draws on close industry partnerships to bring you guest lectures, networking opportunities and local architectural projects that will support your knowledge and skill progression.
Based at our green Peel Park campus, we use our strong industry links and fascinating studio-based learning experience to ensure you study in an inspiring engaging way. You’ll have the opportunity to tackle live briefs, sketch ideas and make models as you fill your Instagram feed with impressive local architecture. Receive an immersive, rewarding experience at Salford where you can showcase your design skills at our degree show.
Year one
- Design Studio 1A
- History and Theory of Architecture 1
- Construction Technology in Architecture 1
- Design Studio 1B
- Design Representation and Modelling
- Construction Technology in Architecture 2
Year two
- Design Studio 2A
- Principles of Sustainable Built Environments
- History and Theory of Architecture 2
- Design Studio 2B: Performance Modelling and Integrated Design
- Construction Technology in Architecture 3
- Multi-Disciplinary Design Project
Year three
- Design Studio 3A
- Re-creating the City - Re-use and Regeneration
- Practice Management and Law
- Design Studio 3B
- Design Research Project
- Environmental Architectural Technology
Career Opportunities
This course is designed to help you to develop a range of personal and professional skills which will make you highly employable. These include report writing and presentation skills, IT skills and teamwork and project management skills.
By successfully completing a RIBA-accredited architecture degree, you will achieve Part 1 validation, which will be your first step towards registered Architect status. It will also put you in a great position to explore a range of career opportunities within the architecture and the built environment.
Architects are highly valued in many sectors and work widely throughout the sector, including architectural practices (i.e. Foster and Partners, KPF, MHA Architects, Mason Gillibrand Architects), design and engineering consultancy firms (Arup, Buro Happold, BDP). Architects are also sought after by the central government, local authorities, property developers, building contractors, housing associations, financial institutions, major retailers and manufacturing companies.