Architectural Design

This studio-based course will help you develop your own distinctive design practice. you’ll explore design processes and methodologies. there are opportunities to work on real-life projects with local, regional and international groups as part of our live projects initiative.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

This first degree on architecture (riba/arb part 1) leads to the postgraduate part 2 and 3 programmes, which can be taken at our institution or elsewhere. many of our graduates return to our master of architecture programme. our graduates can be found involved with a surprisingly wide range of activities. many continue to work in private architectural practices ranging in size from two or three people to a staff of over 100, providing a general practice service to private and institutional clients, designing individual houses, social housing, commercial developments, civic buildings, concert halls, theatres and galleries. many commissions are won through architectural competitions. although primarily intended as a first degree for those wishing to undertake postgraduate studies and become professionally qualified architects, the course offers a wide-ranging general education in design, visual appreciation and problem solving, which is valuable in its own right. although a much higher proportion of our graduates progresses to being registered architects, a certain number of our graduates do diversify and move outwards into related careers and roles. they may work in stage set design, town planning or housing policy, conservation of historic buildings, interiors, furniture design or specialist building physics such as acoustics. they may provide technical assistance to voluntary and community groups tackling difficult social and economic problems. our graduates work in many different parts of the world, have their work published and receive awards. employment after the course (joint) 6th for “career after six months” of 55 uk-based schools of architecture in the 2019 guardian league table

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. The University of Sheffield has partnerships with the following companies: