UK Schools of Architecture with courses validated by the RIBA
Information updated 30 September 2013
Key to schools list:
++ Exemption from Part 1 of the RIBA Examination only.
** Exemption from Part 2 of the RIBA Examination only.
Part 1 and the Professional Practice Examination to be completed elsewhere.
+
Part-time courses available for exemption from Parts 1 and 2 of the RIBA Examination.
*
Part-time course available for iexemption from Part 2 only of the RIBA Examination.
Architects’ Professional Examinations
Authority in Scotland (APEAS) Ltd
T + 44 (0) 1324 484652
E info@apeas.org.uk
W www.apeas.org.uk
The Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen)
The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture
and Built Environment
T +44 (0)1224 263 700
E sss@rgu.ac.uk
W www.rgu.ac.uk
University of Bath
Department of Architecture and Civil
Engineering
T +44 (0)1225 826 654
E admissions@bath.ac.uk; ace@bath.ac.uk
W www.bath.ac.uk/ace
The Architects’ Professional Examinations Authority in Scotland (APEAS) Ltd administers the Part 3
Examination in Scotland. Previously the Part 3 courses run by each School of Architecture in Scotland
were validated individually. While Part 3 courses continue to be run by the Schools, the validated award is
owned and administered by APEAS.
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 PgDip/MSc in Advanced Architectural Studies
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice and Management (Administered by APEAS)
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice
The Queen’s University of Belfast
School of Planning, Architecture and Civil
Engineering
T +44 (0)28 9097 4006
E space@qub.ac.uk
W www.qub.ac.uk/arc
University of Ulster
The Belfast School of Architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc Architecture with Honours
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Certificate in Professional Practice and Practical Experience
Courses Validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch
T 028 7012 3456
E www.ulster.ac.uk/contactus/
W www.ulster.ac.uk
Birmingham City University +
Birmingham School of Architecture
T + 44 (0)121 331 5110
E biad.admissions@bcu.ac.uk
W www.bcu.ac.uk/biad/architecture
The Arts University Bournemouth
T +44 (0)1202 533 011
E general@aib.ac.uk
W www.aub.ac.uk
University of Brighton *
Faculty of Arts
T + 44 (0) 1273 642360
E: architectureanddesign@brighton.ac.uk
W:
http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/study/architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Practice
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Candidate course for Part 2
M.Arch
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Management, Practice and Law in Architecture
University of the West of England
(Bristol)
Faculty of the Built Environment
T +44 (0)117 9656261
E http://ask.uwe.ac.uk/
W http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/et/pa
University of Cambridge
Department of Architecture
T +44 (0)1223 332 950
E arct-info@lists.cam.ac.uk
W www.arct.cam.ac.uk
University for the Creative Arts
Canterbury School of Architecture
T +44 (0) 1227 817302
W www.ucreative.ac.uk
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/contact
University of Kent (Canterbury)
Kent School of Architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture and Planning
Part 1 B.Eng Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Part 2 Bachelor of Architecture/MArch
Part 3 PG Certificate: Professional Practice and Management in Architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 MPhil (B) in Environmental Design
Design (from 2013 intake)
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice
in Architecture / MPhil in Architecture and Urban
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 Graduate Diploma in Architecture
Part 2 Master of Architecture (from 2013; 2014 graduating cohort)
Courses Validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 MArch
T + 44 (0) 1227 824689
E architecture@kent.ac.uk
W www.kent.ac.uk/architecture/
University of Cardiff
The Welsh School of Architecture
T + 44 (0)29 2087 4430
E archi@cardiff.ac.uk
W http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Diploma/MA in Architecture: Professional Studies
Coventry University
Department of Civil Engineering,
Architecture and Building
Priory Street
Coventry, United Kingdom
CV1 5FB
Candidate Course for Part 1
BSc (Hons) Architecture
www.coventry.ac.uk
University of Dundee
School of Environment
T +44 (0)1382 385315
E architecture@dundee.ac.uk
W www.dundee.ac.uk/architecture/
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh School of Architecture and
Landscape Architecture (ESALA)
T +44(0)131 650 2306
E architecture@ed.ac.uk
W www.ed.ac.uk
University of Strathclyde (Glasgow)
Department of Architecture
T +44 (0)141 548 3023
E architecture@strath.ac.uk
W www.strath.ac.uk/architecture
The Glasgow School of Art+
The Mackintosh School of Architecture
T +44 (0)141 353 4500
E architecture@gsa.ac.uk
W www.gsa.ac.uk
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch
Part 2 PG Dip. Arch
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice (Administered by APEAS)
Courses validated by the RIBA
Part 1 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
Part 2 Master of Architecture
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice (Administered by APEAS)
Candidate Course for Part 1:
Master of Arts (Honours) in Architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc/BSc (Hons) Architectural Studies
Part 1 BSc/BSc (Hons) Architectural Studies with European Studies
Part 1 BSc/BSc (Hons) Architectural Studies with International Study
Part 2 MArch/PgDip in Advanced Architectural Design
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice and Management (APEAS)
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 Bachelor of Architecture
Part 1 Bachelor of Architecture (Honours)
Part 2 Diploma in Architecture
Part 2 Master of Architecture
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice (Administered by APEAS)
The University of Huddersfield
School of Art, Design and Architecture
W: www.huddersfield.ac.uk
Hull College
Hull School of Art and Design
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture (International)
Part 2 M.Arch
Part 2 M.Arch (International)
Part 3 Certificate of Professional Practice in Architecture
Candidate Course for Part 1
BA (Hons) Architectural Design
T: + 44 (0) 1482 329943
E: info@hull-college.ac.uk
W: www.hull-college.ac.uk/hull-school-ofart-and-design
Leeds Metropolitan University +
School of Art, Architecture and Design
T +44 (0)113 812 0000
W www.leedsmet.ac.uk/aet/aad/
De Montfort University +
The Leicester School of Architecture
T +44 (0)116 257 7555
E adh@dmu.ac.uk
W www.dmu.ac.uk
University of Lincoln+
The Lincoln School of Architecture
T +44 (0)1522 882 000
W www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/architecture/
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Professional Studies
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Practice
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Practice & Management in Architecture
University of Liverpool
Liverpool School of Architecture
T +44 (0)151 794 2000
E sscARTS@liv.ac.uk
W www.liv.ac.uk/lsa/
RIBA North West Region Liverpool
T + 44 (0) 151 707 4381
E Part3@riba.org
Liverpool John Moores University *
Liverpool School of Art and Design
T + 44 (0) 151 231 5175
E courses@ljmu.ac.uk
W www.ljmu.ac.uk/lsa/
Architectural Association (London)
School of Architecture
T +44 (0)20 7887 4000
E info@aaschool.ac.uk
W www.aaschool.ac.uk
University College London
The Bartlett School of Architecture
T +44 (0)20 7679 7504
W www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture(RIBA Part 3)
Courses validated by the RIBA
Part 3 Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA P3)
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 Diploma in Architecture/M.Arch
Part 3 Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture(RIBA P3)
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 Intermediate Examination
Part 2 Final Examination
Part 3 Professional Practice and Practical Training Examination
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc (Hons) Degree in Architecture
Part 2 Graduate Diploma in Architecture/M.Arch
Part 3 Certificate in Professional Practice and Management in Architecture
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice and Management in Architecture
University of the Arts, London
Central Saint Martins College of Art and
Design
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Honours) Architecture: Spaces and Objects
Tel: +44 (0)20 7514 7444
www.csm.arts.ac.uk
The University of East London
School of Architecture, Computing and
Engineering
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 Professional Diploma in Architecture
T + 44 (0) 208 2233000
E ace@uel.ac.uk
W www.uel.ac.uk/ava/architecture
University of Greenwich + (London)
School of Architecture, Design and
Construction
T +44 (0)20 8331 9108/9304/9135
E courseinfo@gre.ac.uk
W www2.gre.ac.uk
Kingston University * (London)
School of Architecture and Landscape
T + 44 (0) 20 8417 4646
E architecture@kingston.ac.uk
W http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/al/
London Metropolitan University +
Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture
and Design
T +44 (0) 20 7133 4200
E admissions@londonmet.ac.uk
W www.thecass.com
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 Diploma in Architecture
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Practice
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture
Part 3 PG Diploma in Professional Practice Architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 Professional Diploma in Architecture
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice: Architecture
Royal College of Art ** (London)
School of Architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 2 MA Architecture
T +44 (0)20 7590 4281
E school-of-architecture@rca.ac.uk
W www.rca.ac.uk
London South Bank University +
Engineering, Science and the Built
Environment
T +44 (0)20 7815 7102
E rooneymj@lsbu.ac.uk
W www.lsbu.ac.uk/esbe
The University of Westminster (London)
Department of Architecture
T +44 (0)20 7911 5000
W http://www.westminster.ac.uk/aboutus/faculties/architecture
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 PG Dip Architecture
Part 3 Examination in Professional Practice
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture with Urban Design
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture with Interior Design
Part 1 BSc (Hons) Architecture with Architectural Engineering
Part 2 Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch Master of Architecture
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture
University of Manchester and Manchester Courses validated by the RIBA:
Metropolitan University
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
The Manchester School of Architecture
Part 2 MArch
Part 3 Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture(RIBA P3)
T +44 (0)161 247 1751
E msa@mmu.ac.uk
W www.msa.ac.uk
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
School of Architecture, Planning and
Landscape
T +44 (0)191 222 5831
E leona.waggott@ncl.ac.uk
W http://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/
Northumbria University (Newcastle upon
Tyne)
Architecture Department
School of the Built Environment
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architectural Studies
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture (from 2012/13)
Part 2 M.Arch
Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Practice and Management
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 2 Master of Architecture (MArch)
T +44 (0)191 227 4722
E: ee.studentsupport@northumbria.ac.uk
W:
http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic
/ee/about/archbe/
University of Nottingham
Architecture and Built Environment
T +44 (0)115 951 3174
E abe-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk
W www.nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University
School of Architecture, Design and the Built
Environment
T +44 (0)115 941 8418
W http://www.ntu.ac.uk/adbe/index.html
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BArch (Hons) in Architecture
Part 1 M.Eng. Architecture and Environmental Design
Part 2 Diploma in Architecture
Part 3 Diploma in Professional Practice and Management
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 Bachelor of Architecture with Honours (BArch (Hons))
Part 2 M.Arch
Oxford Brookes University +
School of Architecture
T +44 (0) 1865 741111
E architecture-enquiry@brookes.ac.uk
W http://architecture.brookes.ac.uk/
University of Central Lancashire
(UCLAN) (Preston)
The Grenfell-Baines School of Architecture,
Construction and Environment
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 Diploma in Architecture
Part 2 M.ARchD Applied Design in Architecture
Part 3 Examination in Practice and Management
Part 1 BSc (Hons) Architecture
T + 44 (0) 1772 893210
E schoolbne@uclan.ac.uk
W www.uclan.ac.uk
RIBA Examination in Architecture for
Office Based Candidates
T Vivien Walker (Oxford Brookes
University) 01865 483413
W
http://architecture.brookes.ac.uk/obe/part12.html
University of Plymouth *
Plymouth School of Architecture , Design
and Environment
T +44(0)1752 585150
E: l.c.saunders@plymouth.ac.uk
W http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/ade
Examinations validated by the RIBA
Part 1 RIBA Part 1 Certificate in Architecture
Part 2 RIBA Part 2 Diploma in Architecture
NB
These are self-study examination programmes for candidates working in practice, minimum time
in practice requirements apply
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth School of Architecture
T +44 (0) 23 9284 2929/2099/2086
E architecture@port.ac.uk
W www.port.ac.uk
University of Sheffield
Sheffield School of Architecture
T: + 44 (0) 114 2220399
E ssoa@sheffield.ac.uk
W www.shef.ac.uk/architecture
Sheffield Hallam University
Department of Architecture and Planning
T + 44 (0) 114 225 5555
E fdsenquiries@shu.ac.uk
W
http://www.shu.ac.uk/faculties/ds/architect
ure-planning/
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) in Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch
Part 3 Final Examination in Professional Practice
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture
Part 1 BA (Hons) Architecture & Landscape
Part 1 MEng (Hons) Architecture & Structural Engineering
Part 2 MArch in Architecture
Part 2 MArch in Architecture and Town & Regional Planning
Courses validated by the RIBA:
Part 1 BSc. (Hons) Architecture & Environmental Design
Part 2 Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture
Part 2 M.Arch (effective students starting in Sept 2013)
Candidate Course for Validation status:
The designation ‘Candidate Course for Validation’ implies that the proposals for the course are judged to have the potential to meet RIBA criteria, if
implemented as anticipated. It is not, however, equivalent to Validation, which can only be granted once the standards of the work produced have
been assessed and found satisfactory. Such assessments are made by a RIBA Visiting Board which then makes recommendations to the Validation
Committee and Education Committee of the RIBA.
Recommended reading:
‘Think Architecture’ RIBA Careers Booklet:
http://www.architecture.com/Files/RIBAProfessionalServices/Education/CareersInArchitecture/ThinkArchitecture.pdf
Useful websites:
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RIBA: www.architecture.com
Architects Registration Board (ARB): www.arb.org.uk
University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS): www.ucas.ac.uk
Department for Education: www.education.gov.uk
RIBA Education Department
66 Portland Place
London W1B 1AD
T +44 (0)20 7580 5533
E education@riba.org; W www.architecture.com