BA (Hons) Architecture

Course Description

Prescribed by the Architects Registration Board (Part 1), our BA (Hons) Architecture degree course will be your first step towards success as a registered architect or in a related career.

Study the built environment in an art school setting that fosters collaboration across creative disciplines and inspires a design-led approach to architecture. The beautiful medieval city of Norwich provides an inspirational backdrop of historical and contemporary architecture and culture as you discover how to become an architect on our undergraduate architecture course.

 Your architecture skills

At NUA, we value user-focused imaginative and purposeful architectural design. We’ll challenge your preconceptions about the built environment as you explore the ways people inhabit and use space and consider the importance of the user to the design process. You’ll be encouraged to place research, creative exploration and critical evaluation at the centre of your architecture practice.

Throughout your degree you’ll be based in a large open plan studio environment where model making, digital 3D, laser cutting and large format printing and scanning facilities are available. You’ll acquire skills in the technical aspects of spatial design as you refine a variety of traditional and computer-based drawing and modelling techniques.

Your architecture future

Throughout your undergraduate studies you’ll be guided by highly experienced course lecturers. Guest lectures and round tables from renowned architects and other practitioners including Feilden+Mawson, Purcell, LSI Architects, Hamson Barron Smith and Hudson Architects, review panels and networking events provide valuable insights into professional architectural practice.

Lectures in situ, construction site visits and field trips will develop your observational and design skills in a variety of cultural contexts. As well as exploring the rich local and regional environment, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in visits to international destinations. Recent trips have included Berlin and Belfast.

Entry requirements

A / AS Levels – GCE
Candidates should also have achieved at least four GCSE passes which should include Grade C or above in English, Maths and a Science subject.
3 A-level qualifications at grades BBB, at least one of which must be in an art, design or media related subject. Where candidates are not taking 3 A-levels, NUA will consider combinations of A-level/AS-level and other Level 3 qualifications.

BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF or RQF)
Distinction, Merit in an art, design or media related subject

BTEC Diploma (QCF or RQF)
Distinction*, Distinction* in an art, design or media related subject

UAL Extended Diploma
Merit

UAL Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Merit

UAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Pass

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Merit

Access to Higher Education Diploma (Art and Design)
Pass

International qualifications & English Language qualifications

International Baccalaureate Diploma – A minimum of 32 points

We accept qualifications from all over the world, to find our entry requirements from a specific country, please check our dedicated international pages.

Most international students are required to hold an English language qualification. Applicants are required to have a minimum UKVI approved IELTS exam score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each section. Equivalent English language qualifications are acceptable such as, IB English language syllabus A or B/English Literature (Grade 4).

You can email us on international@nua.ac.uk if you’d like to discuss your application individually.