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Where to study architecture.
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36 universities and study institutions.
Course details use RIBA, ARB and official institution sources. Each listing explains its recognition status; planned applications and candidate courses are clearly marked.
Type
- ARC-ex School of ArchitectureBelfast, UKIndependent providerPart 3
Architects' Professional Examinations Authority in ScotlandAPEASScotland, ScotlandExamining bodyPart 3
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 architectureManchester Student Society of Architecture (MSSA)
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
RIBA Part 3United Kingdom, United KingdomExamining bodyPart 3- 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