Architecture (Professional Placement Year) - BA (Hons)

Bath Spa University

- Study an Architecture degree at our RIBA Award-winning Locksbrook Campus building. - Work with a range of local, regional, national and international organisations on real-world projects. - Create innovative designs that respond to the needs of communities, social initiatives and complex issues such as climate change. Where we live and work shapes who we are – whether we’re in a built or natural environment. On our Architecture degree, you’ll learn about the relationships between conservation, planning and the use and reuse of spaces in response to crucial issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and supporting fair societies. How we design, create, reinvent and repurpose our built environment is constantly evolving, and we’ll prepare you to be a responsive, resilient, flexible and imaginative practitioner. You’ll work on projects and live briefs with external collaborators from your first year on the course. Bath is a World Heritage City that has always been at the cutting edge of architecture; the balance of old and new here is evident in everything from the city’s famous Georgian buildings to the recently redeveloped former Herman Miller factory site that has become Bath Spa University’s state-of-the-art Locksbrook Campus. BA Architecture at Bath Spa teaches you about buildings and materials in relation to their location and within their historic and future contexts.

The ARB has changed the requirements around accredited learning in architecture and will stop prescribing all undergraduate architecture qualifications from December 31st, 2027. This will not affect a student's entry into the profession. ARB will continue to maintain the standards required to join the profession by accrediting programmes at master's level (Academic Outcomes and Practice Outcomes). RIBA will continue to validate undergraduate (Part 1) and master's level (Part 2 (Academic Outcomes) and Part 3 (Practice Outcomes)). Students wishing to practice as a RIBA Chartered Architect will require RIBA validated Part 1, 2, and 3 qualifications. We will maintain our RIBA validation.

A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team.