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Cardiff University: Welsh School of Architecture
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/architecture/
Our environment
The Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University, established in 1920, is a top-ranked UK School of Architecture. We attract postgraduate students from across the world, who benefit from the unique experience of studying and living in Wales’s friendly and welcoming capital city.
We provide a vibrant, collaborative environment for teaching and research; our student and staff communities come from diverse national, cultural and professional backgrounds. We also foster a strong studio culture, encouraging our students to tackle pressing global challenges with empathy and grounded creativity.
Through our research and teaching we seek to create a built environment that enhances the lives of people and communities in the present, while contributing to the wellbeing of future generations. We collaborate with academia, industry, and architectural practices globally to benefit our student learning experience and share our impactful research. As a result, for several years, we have been listed among the top 50 schools specialising in Architecture and the Built Environment in the QS World Rankings.
Our postgraduate taught programmes
We currently offer seven master's degree programmes and one postgraduate diploma, aimed at students who would like to specialise in a particular subject or enhance their career options. Our portfolio of postgraduate courses demonstrates our expertise in architectural studies, sustainable environments and urban design and many of them are accredited by relevant professional institutions.
All of our postgraduate courses offer opportunities to embed knowledge into practice through project work and course-essential fieldtrips (with most travel and accommodation paid for by the school). We also offer part-time and distance learning options on some of our courses.
MA Architectural Design
MA Urban Design
Master of Design Administration (MDA)*Distance Learning option
MSc Computational Methods in Architecture
MSc Environmental Design of Buildings *Distance Learning option
MSc Sustainable Building Conservation
MSc Sustainable Mega-Buildings
PgDip in Architecture: Professional Practice (RIBA Part 3) *Distance learning option
For the most up to date information on funding, fees and scholarship opportunities, please visit: www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding-and-fees
Our postgraduate research programmes
Our MPhil and PhD programmes reflect the school’s established reputation in all aspects of sustainability, urbanism, architectural history and design-led approaches. Our students work closely with leading academics related to their chosen field of study within our dynamic and supportive research culture.
Our postgraduate research community comprises around 70 research students. These students are all at different stages in their MPhil/PhD studies and are exploring a wide variety of topics and questions relating to the built environment.
Our inclusive Research and Scholarship Groups (RSGs) sustain and support our research culture and help to mentor and nurture our research students and early career researchers. Research students have access to all of our RSGs to maximise exposure to their subject area and foster collaboration with other researchers. There are six available research groups:
Available PhD and MPhil courses
A full-time PhD registration is three years (or five years part-time) and a full-time MPhil is one year (or two years part-time).
Our facilities
Our teaching is based in the Bute Building, a Grade II listed building close to the city centre of Cardiff. As part of a major investment, we have refurbished our building to incorporate a wide range of new digital and making facilities, as well as state-of-the art study spaces and studios for students and staff.
We offer dedicated desk space for every postgraduate research student in newly refurbished rooms. A new auditorium allows students to host symposia and conferences, as well as break-out and rest areas that support informal and social activities. The Bute Building is also home to our bespoke Architecture Library, robotics laboratory, media lab, Living Lab and workshop, as well as various studio, exhibition and teaching spaces.
Student life
Cardiff is a thriving, beautiful city widely recognised as an outstanding place to live and study. It combines the advantages of a compact, friendly and inexpensive location with the vibrant culture of a modern capital city.
Cardiff University offers a range of accommodation choices to suit individual preferences and budgets, with overseas postgraduates (arriving in September) guaranteed a place for their first year.
There are also a wide range of facilities and support services available, such as student support, sports facilities, and specialised postgraduate facilities, to help you to ease into university life.
Watch our videos to find out more about the courses we offer:
MSc Environmental Design of Buildings
MSc Environmental Design of Buildings (Distance learning version)
MSc Sustainable Mega Buildings
MSc Sustainable Building Conservation
MA Architectural Design
MSc Computational Methods in Architecture
Master of Design Administration
Hear from Dr Sam Clark about postgraduate study on offer at the Welsh School of Architecture:
Hear from Dr Vicki Stevenson about postgraduate research at the Welsh School of Architecture:
We also have a range of videos about our individual postgraduate degrees on the Welsh School of Architecture YouTube Channel:
Contact details
Web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/architecture
architectureadmissions@cardiff.ac.uk (undergraduate and postgraduate taught)
ARCHI-research@cardiff.ac.uk (research students)
Welsh School of Architecture
Cardiff University
Bute Building
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff
CF10 3NB
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