Architecture and Professional Practice (Degree Apprenticeship)
Entry requirements
Months of entry
September
Course content
- Develop the creative and professional abilities needed to become a registered architect with the ARB
- Get a MArch degree while you earn a salary
- Learn how to come up with creative and strategic solutions to a variety of architectural challenges
- Benefit from top-class facilities in this studio-based course, including our Centre for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality (CCIXR) – the UK’s first integrated facility for virtual, augmented, and extended realities
- Put what you learn into practice in the workplace, preparing yourself for Part 3 studies in your final year
- Gain further professional knowledge from our network of visiting lecturers – past ones include Pamela Cole, Alastair Lewis, and architects from Tibbalds
- Get practical work experience in your job, giving you an advantage over students who go to University full-time
Career planning
During your course you'll have expert career support from our Careers and Employability Centre, your tutors and our Business and Law Career-Ready Programme. This support will continue for 5 years after you graduate.
Career support
You'll benefit from:
- Networking events
- Regular emails from the Career Ready Programme sharing job opportunities, application tips and events
- Applied projects with companies such as IBM, Boeing and Hampshire County Council
- Workshops to enhance your employability skills
- Recruitment events including the Student and Graduate Opportunities Fair
- 1-to-1 appointments
- CV and cover letter advice
- Interview preparation and practice
- Support starting your own business
- Are a qualified, fully trained professional, which highlights your integrity amongst clients and members of public
- Maintain your professional obligations by following the 'Architects Code: Standards of Conduct and Practice'
- Can work in virtually any practice or organisation, as some contracts or employers require you to be registered before you work with them
- Continuously update your professional skills, knowledge and abilities through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Can work internationally, subject to individual country requirements
Information for international students
Not Accepted
Fees and funding
The course fee is shared between the Government and some employers, meaning no cost to you as the degree apprentice.
Please see our Degree Apprenticeships page, or contact us for further information: https://www.port.ac.uk/study/studying-while-working/degree-apprenticeships
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MArch
- part time48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Degree Apprenticeships
- degree-apprenticeships@port.ac.uk
- Phone
- 02392 848599