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.
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.
Awards
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.
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'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
Take the next step
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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.