Architecture with Collaborative Practice Research MArch

at University of Nottingham

Modules

Year one

The core of the year is practice-based research and associated design exploration, with a practice-based design research project leading onto a design exploration of your research findings. Specialist research modules during this year in practice will give you valuable practice-led research skills for your future career.
 

• Building Case Study
• Culture and Context in Practice
• Architectural Research Study
• Live Design Studio
• Reflective Practice Portfolio
• Environment and Technology 210 credits
• Professional Studies in Practice
   

Year two
 

You can select from a range of specialist design research studios.
 

This final year of study emphasises independent research and student-centred learning that support the completion of a major design thesis.
 

• Design Thesis Research (60 credits)
• Design Thesis Studio Portfolio (60 credits)

Meeting our English language requirements

If you successfully complete your presessional course to the required level, you can then progress to your degree course. This means that you won't need to retake IELTS or equivalent.
 

Visa restrictions

International students must have valid UK immigration permissions for any courses or study period where teaching takes place in the UK. Student route visas can be issued for eligible students studying full-time courses. The University of Nottingham does not sponsor a student visa for students studying part-time courses. The Standard Visitor visa route is not appropriate in all cases. 
 

Alternative qualifications

We recognise that applicants have a variety of experiences and follow different pathways to postgraduate study.
 

We treat all applicants with alternative qualifications on an individual basis. We may also consider relevant work experience.

The fees for Architecture with Collaborative Practice Research MArch may vary from £25,000 to £35,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

In recent years, Nottingham students have gone on to work for a range of practices including:
 

RIBA Award-winning practices including Haworth Tompkins, Caruso St John, Walters and Cohen, Mae, Carmody Groarke, Bennetts Associates and Harrison Stringfellow.
 

Architects’ Journal top 100 companies including Foster + Partners, Allies and Morrison, Weston Williamson, Hawkins Brown, Sheppard Robson and Wilkinson Eyre.
 

Nottingham practices including Lathams, Franklin Ellis, Benoy, Rayner Davies, CPMG and Leonard Design Architects
 

Other regular UK and international recruiters including Gensler, Paul Davies and Partners, China Architecture and Design Research Group, Studio Map and Tasou Associates
 

100% of postgraduates from the Department of Architecture and Build Environment secured work or further study within six months of graduation. £29,000 was the average starting salary, with the highest being £100,000.*
 

* Known destinations of full-time home postgraduates who were available for employment, 2016/17. Salaries are calculated based on the median of those in full-time paid employment within the UK.