Architecture

The Grenfell Baines Institute of Architecture (GBIA) is home to architecture courses at the University of Central Lancashire.
  • Top 5 in the UK for Teaching on the Course in Architecture (NSS, 2024)

  • Top 5 in the UK for academic support in Building (NSS, 2024)

  • The UK's most affordable university (The Times UK League Table, 2023)

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.

Architecture Degree Shows

Discover the award-winning creative work produced by our Architecture students. The degree show features work in a range of mediums by students from the School of Arts & Media and the Grenfell-Baines Institute of Architecture.

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Architecture at UCLan – an introduction

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

Visit us on campus

Book a student-led campus tour to explore our facilities and discover what university life is really like.

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Why study with us

  • 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.
  • 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.

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.

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