A two-year graduate programme taught in an interdisciplinary studio environment with a focus on practical and project-based work, incorporating all aspects of architectural practice, and in-depth understanding of the field
The graduate programme at ARCHIP aims to form students into multi-potential professionals in the field of architecture who are best positioned to go on to apply and develop their talents in a range of professional evolving workplace and to emerging trends in the field and the wider world.
Architectural Design is the cornerstone of our graduate programme. In Architectural Design, the students, under tutelage of their tutors, who are themselves practising architects, work on a specific project which incorporates various aspects of architectural practice. Urban Design teaches students the broad theoretical principles of development/life/design of a complex urban system. An architect must be able to engage in a professional dialogue and make collective decisions with fellow architects, professionals from other fields and with the public. Our graduate students receive training in methods of communication with both private and public investors, consultants and stakeholders.
All courses included in the programme Architecture and Urbanism are compulsory. As many as a half of all study hours take form of one-on-one consultations with the tutor. Thanks to the small number of graduate students in one year (max. 30), our students benefit from an intensive and highly personalised contact with our faculty members.
The credit system and the classification scale is based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), which allows for student mobility.
Academic year
2017/2018
Week 0
September 18, 2017 (Monday) - September 25, 2017 (Friday)
Winter term (14 weeks)
September 25, 2017 (Monday) – January 12, 2018 (Friday)
Bank Holidays:
September 28, 2017 (Thursday) November 17, 2016 (Friday)
Christmas Holidays:
December 21, 2017 (Thursday) – January 03, 2018 (Wednesday)
week 13 - week 14:
January 04, 2018 (Thursday) – January 12, 2018 (Friday)
Winter examination period (4 weeks)
January 15, 2018 (Monday) – February 09, 2018 (Friday)
Summer term (14 weeks)
February 12, 2018 (Monday) – May 18, 2018 (Friday)
Easter Holidays:
March 30, 2018 (Friday) – April 02, 2018 (Monday)
Bank Holidays:
May 01, 2018 (Tuesday) May 08, 2018 (Tuesday)
Study plan
The instruction is organised in a simple and straightforward way; the courses are divided into study years as per a fixed framework. Standard week hour load is 20 hours and the duration of one teaching hour is 45 minutes.
| Term 7 | credits | hours | form | completion |
| Architectural Design 7 – AD7 | 12 | 2+6 | L+ST | SW |
| Planning 1 – PL1 | 6 | 2+2 | L+S | SW+E |
| Building and Construction Methods – BM | 3 | 1+1 | L+S | SW |
| Research in Art and Architecture – RA | 3 | 2 | S | SW |
| Contemporary Architecture and Theories – CAT | 3 | 2 | L | SW+E |
| Psychology – PS | 3 | 2 | L | SW+E |
| Term 8 | credits | hours | form | completion |
| Architectural Design 8 – AD8 | 12 | 2+6 | L+ST | SW |
| Planning 2 – PL2 | 6 | 2+2 | L+S | SW+E |
| Contemporary Building Materials – CBM | 3 | 1+1 | L+S | SW |
| Monument Preservation 2 – MP2 | 3 | 1+1 | L+S | SW+E |
| Development – DE | 3 | 1+1 | L+S | SW+E |
| Professional Ethics – PR | 3 | 2 | L | SW |
| Term 9 | credits | hours | form | completion |
| Architectural Design 9 – AD9 | 12 | 2+6 | L+ST | SW |
| Planning 3 – PL3 | 6 | 2+2 | L+S | SW+E |
| Architectural Detail – ADE | 3 | 1+1 | L+S | SW |
| Landscape Architecture – LA | 3 | 1+1 | S+ST | SW+E |
| Architectural Reading and Writing – ARW | 3 | 1+1 | L+S | SW |
| Pre-diploma Seminar – PDS | 3 | +1+ | L+S | SW |
| Term 10 | credits | hours | form | completion |
| Architectural Design 10 – AD10 | 20 | 2+10 | L+ST | SW |
| Project Presentation and Graphics – PPG | 5 | 1+3 | ST | SW |
| Diploma Thesis (Writing and Rhetoric) – DT | 5 | 2+2 | L+S | SW |
L lecture
S seminar
ST studio
SW semestral work
E examination