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MArch - Master of Architecture
Architectural Association School Of Architecture
Full Time
SEP-25
2 years
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MArch - Master of Architecture
Architectural Association School Of Architecture
Full Time
SEP-25
2 years
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The two-year Diploma Programme (MArch) leads to the AA Final Examination (ARB/RIBA Part 2) and introduces successful AA students from the Intermediate Programme (BA(Hons)), as well as eligible new students to the school who may have studied elsewhere, to the study of advanced forms of research, design practices and speculative thinking. Long acknowledged as a global innovator in architectural education, the programme has throughout its history fostered some of the most innovative, challenging and experimental thinking in architecture.
Offering learning opportunities across a broad spectrum of interests and agendas through a variety of different teaching methods, it aims to deploy progressive strategies of representation within a diverse range of media, in parallel with the development of technical proficiencies and critical agendas.
Lively, informed debate permeates life in the Diploma Programme (MArch). As students hone their research skills in developing proposals into high-level design portfolios, they begin to refine not only their voices as designers, but also ways of individually articulating their own academic agendas that they will carry with them into their future professional careers.
The minimum entry requirement for the Diploma Programme MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2) is a Bachelor's degree (minimum lower second class honours / 2:2) in Architecture from a UK University or a degree of equivalent standard from a recognised University or Higher Education Institution from outside the UK.
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Domestic
£25,225 per year
Students from Domestic
*Diploma: Fee level is fixed for two consecutive years of Diploma Programme (2025-2027) subject to successful academic progression. Annual tuition fees for this programme are the same for all students, regardless of their nationality, and all students are required to pay an additional £95 AA Membership and Student Forum Fee each year (this is added to the tuition fees for the first term). Tuition fees are approved by the AA Council on an annual basis.
£25,225 per year
Students from Other UK
*Diploma: Fee level is fixed for two consecutive years of Diploma Programme (2025-2027) subject to successful academic progression. Annual tuition fees for this programme are the same for all students, regardless of their nationality, and all students are required to pay an additional £95 AA Membership and Student Forum Fee each year (this is added to the tuition fees for the first term). Tuition fees are approved by the AA Council on an annual basis.
£25,225 per year
Students from EU
*Diploma: Fee level is fixed for two consecutive years of Diploma Programme (2025-2027) subject to successful academic progression. Annual tuition fees for this programme are the same for all students, regardless of their nationality, and all students are required to pay an additional £95 AA Membership and Student Forum Fee each year (this is added to the tuition fees for the first term). Tuition fees are approved by the AA Council on an annual basis.
£25,225 per year
Students from International
*Diploma: Fee level is fixed for two consecutive years of Diploma Programme (2025-2027) subject to successful academic progression. Annual tuition fees for this programme are the same for all students, regardless of their nationality, and all students are required to pay an additional £95 AA Membership and Student Forum Fee each year (this is added to the tuition fees for the first term). Tuition fees are approved by the AA Council on an annual basis.
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