Architecture (Extended Degree) (Hons) Northumbria University

Overview

Architecture (Extended Degree) (Hons) at Northumbria University is a design-led discipline, and at least half of your study time will be focused upon the development of key architectural design skills through a series of creative, real world studio design projects. Our assessment methods reflect authentic architectural practice; design is assessed via the projects and comprehensive architectural design portfolios, which display your design proposals through personalised approaches to 2D drawing (plans, sections, elevations) and 3D representation (built and digital models).

How will my BA (Hons) Architecture degree provide me with the skills needed for my career?

We will arm you with skills in creative thinking and with the contemporary knowledge and skills applicable to the industry, underpinned by regular and authentic learning experiences. You will acquire skills in problem solving and divergent thinking, applicable to the wider creative industries and built environment professions. You will apply your learning to real world design projects and scenarios, thereby enhancing your employability innovative ways of communicating your ideas in written, drawn and verbal forms.

The curriculum has been designed with a vocational emphasis, informed directly by the industrial expertise of staff, external examiners, and the programme’s strong relationships with local and national practitioners. The quality of our graduates leads major national and international architectural practices to repeatedly employ our students, who have consequently found employment in Europe, North America, and Asia, as well as in the United Kingdom.

The skills developed through the architecture degree not only reflect and support the attributes expected of a graduate of architecture, but are also transferrable into a wide selection of alternative professional and academic pathways. The context-focused approach of our teaching is reinforced by linking the use of regional sites with relevant international field study visits to the major architectural capitals of Europe. This validates the transferability of your knowledge and skills to the world arena.

Most graduates from Northumbria have secured key roles in architectural practices locally, nationally and internationally. Others have transferred their skills to a range of professions including construction, property development, visualisation, games design, urban design and manufacturing.