Study Architecture at University

We aim to provoke debate, encourage diversity and develop advances in the architecture profession. We place particular emphasis on conservation, sustainability and environmental issues. As an architecture student, you'll be developed from the start of your professional journey to full accreditation. We'll help you go onto specialist focus such as the challenges and management of historic buildings.

We offer a studio experience supported by professional staff who are visible, accessible and available. They will work with you and are invested in your development and progress on your course.

You’ll benefit from studios, workshops and CAD suites which are among the best in the UK. Plus dedicated resources and work and study space. There are also numerous opportunities for site field trips at local, national and international sites.

Our academic team have expertise that covers all facets of the discipline and are involved in a level of research related to their associated interests. They also teach and publish across the subject area and in some cases, members of the team have run practices. Our academic team have also been involved in building and designing award-winning architecture projects both in the UK and around the world.

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Beyond the classroom

As a UCLan architecture student you get the chance to go on a range of trips and visits. These provide real-life experience and exposure to different architectural styles, designs and practices from across the world.

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In Lisbon, students visited Mariana Duarte Silva's Village Underground.

We were awarded Athena Swan Bronze status, in recognition of our direct support for women within the School, enabling women who study with us to transition successfully into industry. The Athena Swan project is a charter scheme, aiming to address issues around gender and diversity. Our Women’s Engineering Network - a friendly group of women students and staff - regularly meet to explore all aspects of engineering and to offer each other mutual support at university and beyond.

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The facilities really stood out to me. The design studios are large and contain all of the undergraduate students, meaning you can walk between the different year groups to look at their work and take inspiration from work that has been created by your peers.

Leah Armitage

MSc Building Conservation and Adaptation
United Kingdom

Why study with us

Architecture is ranked 2nd in the North West for graduate prospects (outcomes, Complete University Guide 2024).
Our courses enable you to receive professional recognition to progress your career – courses are validated by such bodies as Architects Registration Board (ARB), the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Architectural Technology provision is accredited by CIAT, CIOB, and CABE.
We are ranked 5th for teaching on the course and 6th for overall positivity in the UK in the National Student Survey 2023 (compared with unis in the Guardian University Guide).
You’ll experience outstanding facilities. Benefit from access to our computer labs equipped with the very latest design software, as well as our studios complete with your own dedicated studio space.

Sound interesting?

Wash Your Words

'Wash Your Words', a project by UCLan Architecture's Lee Ivett and Ecaterina Stefanescu, has been shortlisted for the RIBA Journal MacEwan Awards.

Wash Your Words provides somewhere for people to wash clothes, read, learn and create art, but also a space for imagination and to meet new people.

What can I do with an architecture degree?

Following successful progression from the course and a year’s experience in architectural practice, or related field of work, you are able to enter the March Architecture Part II. Prescribed by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and Royal Institute of Architects (RIBA) leading to Part II recognition. This will allow you to proceed on a path to become a registered architect and ARB member.

Studying architecture could lead to a future career as a:

Architect
Architectural technologist
Conservation officer
Planning consultant
Interior and spatial designer
Urban designer
Town planner
CAD technician
Surveyor

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Meet the team

Our academic team have expertise in all facets of the discipline and you’ll become part of a supportive staff-student community, all invested in your professional development. Our staff are experts, many of whom have run their own practices or been involved in building and designing award-winning architecture projects in the UK and overseas.