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Where to study architecture.
Explore UK architecture schools and courses, alongside the universities and design institutions where our community studied. Discover their work and make your own connection.
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33 universities and study institutions.
Course names come from the RIBA validated schools list captured on 3 September 2026. Candidate courses are marked, not treated as full validation.
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- Architectural AssociationLondon, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3
- Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham School of ArchitectureBirmingham, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 37th for architecture
- Cardiff UniversityThe Welsh School of ArchitectureCardiff, WalesSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 5th for architectureComplete University Guide 2027 · 5th for architectureQS 2026 · 50th in the world for architecture
- De Montfort UniversityThe Leicester School of ArchitectureLeicester, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 52nd for architecture
- Kingston UniversitySchool of Architecture and LandscapeLondon, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 28th for architecture
- Leeds Beckett UniversitySchool of ArtsLeeds, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 36th for architecture
- Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 31st for architecture
- London Metropolitan UniversitySchool of Art, Architecture, and DesignLondon, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3ApprenticeshipGuardian 2025 · 44th for architecture
- London South Bank UniversityEngineering, Science and the Built EnvironmentLondon, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3ApprenticeshipGuardian 2025 · 39th for architecture
- Manchester School of ArchitectureUniversity of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 16th for architectureComplete University Guide 2027 · 8th for architectureQS 2026 · 5th in the world for architecture
- Newcastle UniversitySchool of Architecture, Planning and LandscapeNewcastle upon Tyne, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 20th for architecture
- Nottingham Trent UniversitySchool of Architecture, Design and the Built EnvironmentNottingham, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3ApprenticeshipGuardian 2025 · 26th for architecture
- Oxford Brookes UniversitySchool of ArchitectureOxford, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 12th for architecture
- Queen's University BelfastSchool of Planning, Architecture and Civil EngineeringBelfast, Northern IrelandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 9th for architectureComplete University Guide 2027 · 10th for architecture
- Robert Gordon UniversityThe Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built EnvironmentAberdeen, ScotlandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 34th for architecture
- Sheffield Hallam UniversityDepartment of Architecture and PlanningSheffield, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3ApprenticeshipGuardian 2025 · 24th for architecture
- The Glasgow School of ArtThe Mackintosh School of ArchitectureGlasgow, ScotlandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 30th for architecture
- University College LondonThe Bartlett School of ArchitectureLondon, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 1st for architectureComplete University Guide 2027 · 7th for architectureQS 2026 · 1st in the world for architectureIncludes a candidate course
- University for the Creative ArtsCanterbury School of ArchitectureCanterbury, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 29th for architecture
- University of BathDepartment of Architecture and Civil EngineeringBath, UKSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 8th for architectureComplete University Guide 2027 · 2nd for architectureArchitecture & Civil Engineering (ACE)
- University of BrightonBrighton, EnglandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 47th for architecture
University of CambridgeDepartment of ArchitectureFaculty of Architecture, Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX, UKSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3ApprenticeshipGuardian 2025 · 2nd for architectureComplete University Guide 2027 · 3rd for architectureQS 2026 · 13th in the world for architectureArcSoc- University of DundeeSchool of EnvironmentDundee, ScotlandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 14th for architecture
- University of EdinburghEdinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)Edinburgh, ScotlandSchoolPart 1Part 2Part 3Guardian 2025 · 6th for architectureComplete University Guide 2027 · 6th for architecture