Entry requirements
Maths and English GCSE Grade C or above, or equivalent.
A minimum of 300 UCAS Tariff Points, or equivalent qualification, to include an Art and Design based subject.
If your application does not include an Art and Design based subject you will be asked to submit examples of your creative and design ability.
About the course
Architectural design projects developed in a strong studio culture are central to this course, which aims to produce creative graduates with entrepreneurial vision, a sustainable approach and a personal position on architecture. To develop these qualities we look from the start at the role of the architectural profession and the challenges of designing for diverse communities and cultures.
At Nottingham Trent University we are responding to the need for a new kind of architecture professional, identified through discussion with architectural practitioners, students and academics. The degree in architecture provides an extremely diverse range of expertise in the fields of art, design, construction engineering and surveying. This course therefore takes advantage of a wide range of resources and provides a focus and meeting point for these disciplines as the ideal basis for interdisciplinary design.
How do you study?
The core part of the course, the design studio modules, will be delivered through structured design project work, supported by lectures and seminars and monitored weekly or fortnightly through group and individual tutorials, peer sessions and group reviews. These replicate the architecture practice model of team meetings, design reviews and client presentations. The group tutorials are designed to encourage you to articulate your design ideas and to critically appraise the work of others, developing interpersonal communication skills, which are invaluable in professional life.
Key design skills, such as orthographic drawing, model making and CAD will be taught in slightly larger, demonstration groups, within the design studio modules.
The technical, contextual and practice modules will employ a variety of delivery methods as appropriate to each subject and stage of the course, from lectures and seminars involving lecturers, practitioners, clients, etc., to role play, group projects and exposure to real projects through site visits and attending project meetings.
Reasons to choose this course:
Design at the core
The course focuses on the increasing integration and development of theoretical knowledge through a strong design studio culture.
Industry understanding
You will be be given a critical awareness from the early stages of the possible roles of the architect and other construction industry and creative industries professionals.
Understanding of diverse communities and cultures
The course is designed to develop an individual’s critical awareness of diverse communities’ cultures and the consideration of these in the development of responsive architectural designs.
Entrepreneurship
The course develops creative approaches to forging design opportunities underpinned by an understanding of commercial factors.
Sustainability
Environmental and social sustainability will be core to all subjects and approached through critical understanding.
The course was created to respond to the current reality of the architecture profession, architectural education and the construction industry, through its key objectives outlined above. It was designed following consultations with:
practicing architects and designers
academics from other architecture courses
recent graduates as well as UK and international students.
This process involved input from organisations including:
the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) at national and regional level
the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Society of Architects
CABE East Midlands,
Opun – the East Midlands Architecture Centre
ARCHAOS – The National Student Architectural Society.