Professional Diploma in Architecture

RIBA 2

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Attendance & duration

Full-time: two years
Part-time: three years or five semesters - maximum five years

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Start Dates	Sept	Feb
Full-time	Y	N
Part-time (day)	Y	N
Part-time (eve)	N	N

Tuition Fees*

Full-time (EU) £3,145*
Full-time (non-EU) £5,940
Part-time (EU)
per 20 credit module £265
Part-time (non-EU) per 20 credit module £495

Course involves a mixture of H and M level modules - total credits = 240
Most = 20 credits, some double modules at 40 credits
*Old Student Funding Regulations = £1,255

* Tuition fees are subject to change, please check with Admissions

Professional status

RIBA Part 2 exemption is awarded to students passing the RIBA designated modules

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Fax: 020 7133 2677
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk
or for further academic questions, contact Signy Svalstoga on s.svalastoga@londonmet.ac.uk

Aims of the course

The Professional Diploma is a design-based course that will enable you to focus your skills and develop excellence in your work. The main areas of study are in design, technology and practice, and history and theory. Each area is taught through a wide choice of tutors, studios and interest groups with a strong emphasis on self-directed study and ambitious agendas. You are encouraged to explore particular lines of interest and develop ideas in depth.

The course as a whole encourages fresh thinking, experiment and risk. You will also be encouraged to understand and engage with the society you are part of and serve; and to engage with social, political and economic infrastructures that predetermine built form. Our students have had considerable recent successes in the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President's medals, winning the RIBA Silver Medal in 2002 and 2003, and the Bronze in 2004. The Department is housed in a purpose designed building on Holloway Road and has access to the nearby Graduate Centre, designed by renowned architect, Daniel Libeskind.

Entry requirements

Applicants to the Diploma course should have a good degree in architecture and RIBA Part 1. You are required to demonstrate your talent as a designer as well as your ability and motivation to complete the course successfully. Selected candidates are interviewed with their portfolio, which should include a wide range of work.

Course structure

Over 50% of the course structure consists of design-based project work undertaken each year in a range of studios, led by well-respected tutors/practitioners. Other areas of study in technology, practice and history and theory operate both independently and in association with design projects. These strategies enable you to develop key ideas and skills toward the practice of architecture.

Assessment

The design projects are assessed in portfolio with a presentation at the end of the course. The history, theory and practice coursework is assessed through seminar papers and an essay. The technology studies are examined in portfolio and through a technology dissertation, coursework and professional reports.

Career opportunities

The course allows you to progress to the Examination in Professional Practice following a period of practical experience in practice or to progress to a specialised Masters course.