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The Architecture MArch aims to extend your knowledge and prepare you for a career where you could expect to lead developments and discussions within urban and rural environments.
Year of entry
Location
Coventry University (Coventry)
Study mode
Full-time
Duration
2 years full-time
Course code
AHT045
Start date
September 2025
January 2026
The information on this page is for 2024-25 entry and should be used as guidance for 2025-26 entry. Please keep checking back on this course page to see our latest updates.
We encourage you to be curious and critical of the factors that shape the built environment.
Additional key points:
The course is designed to celebrate the distinctive nature of Architecture as a discipline which spans the sciences and the arts.
Studio-based learning creates a holistic and integrated teaching and learning environment. Along with individual projects, you may have the chance to undertake collaborative projects with other students on master’s courses in the College of the Arts and Society and the College of Engineering, Environment and Science. A wide range of workshop facilities4 will be available to you during lectures and also during independent study periods.
The course is informed by an advisory panel of practising architects including lecturers with industry experience as well as guest lecturers, to ensure a strong and collaborative bond between practice and academia (staff and guest speakers are subject to change).
The structure of the course also reflects an integration of and consideration for human values that should help and support you with finding roles for architecture in contemporary society.
This course has been accredited1 and recognised by the following bodies:
Our Architecture MArch has achieved ARB prescription. All graduates qualifying from the course will be exempt from the ARB part 2 exam.
This course is currently accredited by the Architects Registration Board.
The Coventry Degree Show is an annual event to celebrate and showcase our graduating students’ work.
Explore the work of our talented studentsYou will concern yourself with the craft of making and building within the context of challenging local and global environments.
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
The course’s approach to internationalisation, collaborative working and individual creativity is relevant to the pluralistic nature of contemporary practice; from the outset, you will be encouraged to discuss and consider your individual ideas in the context of your peer group and wider society.
The subject categories in which architecture operates: Design (process), Technology (including structure, construction and environmental control), Cultural Context (historical and contemporary), Communication (visual and verbal) and Professional Practice. Upon successful completion of this course, you can expect to have developed an understanding of the relationship between global issues, local context and the tectonics of architecture.
The number of full-time contact hours may vary from semester to semester, however, on average, it is likely to be around 12 contact hours per week.
Additionally, you will be expected to undertake significant self-directed study of approximately 28 hours each week, depending on the demands of individual modules.
The contact hours may be made up of a combination of face-to-face teaching, individual and group tutorials, and online classes and tutorials.
As an innovative and enterprising institution, the university may seek to utilise emerging technologies within the student experience. For all courses (whether on-campus, blended, or distance learning), the university may deliver certain contact hours and assessments via online technologies and methods.
Since COVID-19, we have delivered our courses in a variety of forms, in line with public authority guidance, decisions, or orders and we will continue to adapt our delivery as appropriate. Whether on campus or online, our key priority is staff and student safety.
This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which may vary depending on the module. Assessment methods may include:
The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.
International case studies, practices and theories have been built into the course throughout. We have strong connections with industry and other universities in Europe, as well as overseas.
Student | Full-time | Part-time |
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UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man | 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£7,466 per year |
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EU | 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£7,466 per year with EU Support Bursary** 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£12,400 per year without EU Support Bursary** |
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International | 2025/26 fees TBC 2024/25 fees -£12,400 per year |
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For advice and guidance on tuition fees3 and student loans visit our Postgraduate Finance page.
We offer a range of International scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.
Tuition fees3 cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services. There may be additional costs not covered by this fee such as accommodation and living costs, recommended reading books, stationery, printing and re-assessments should you need them.
The rights of Irish residents to study in the UK are preserved under the Common Travel Area arrangement. If you are an Irish student and meet the residency criteria, you can study in England, pay the same level of tuition fees as English students and utilise the Tuition Fee Loan.
Following the UK's exit from the European Union, we are offering financial support to all eligible EU students who wish to study an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree with us full-time. This bursary will be used to offset the cost of your tuition fees to bring them in line with that of UK students. Students studying a degree with a foundation year with us are not eligible for the bursary.
You will have the opportunity2 to join workshops, allowing you to explore different processes and ensuring that you can be individual in your creative practice. We also have experienced technical demonstrators that will deliver inductions to support you in your studies.
We have a range of facilities4: 3D rapid prototyping, laser cutters and milling machines.
In our clay studio4, your ideas become realised by using technological software and clay. Here you can create whatever you imagine, whether that’s an animated character, a sleek car design or theatre props.
We have print pressers dating back to when we first started as Coventry School of Art and Design back in 1843. This studio consists of two studio spaces for all printing needs from screen printing to etching4.
This multi-function space4 acts both as a teaching and tutorial room. It houses 40 hi-spec computers which include Revit, Sketchup and AutoCAD. An informal area is available for group discussions, tutorials and making models.
This course is designed to prepare you for any role you obtain in architecture. We intend to equip you with the intellectual, creative and practical skills in an appropriate manner, which should meet the needs and aspirations, not only of related professions and the wider construction industry, but of society in general.
Graduates may choose to pursue careers in a wide range of related professions or to pursue further academic studies at PhD level.
Previous graduates from the course have gone on to work in multiple world-renowned architecture practices.
Careers could include working as an architect, urban designer, architectural technologist or interior and spatial designer. A degree in architecture can prove useful in related roles, such as a building surveyor, town planner, commercial/residential surveyor, teacher or lecturer, buildings inspector, conservation officer, landscape architect, planning and development surveyor or structural engineer. You may choose to further your professional or academic education.