Architecture - BA (Hons)

University of Sheffield

**Recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), our Architecture BA provides you with a broad knowledge ranging across the sciences and humanities. Through lectures, studio-based design work and professional experience you'll explore how architecture improves the lives of those who inhabit and use it.**Shape the world around you with an expert-led, hands-on architecture degree, with full RIBA accreditation.Immerse yourself in studio work to develop fundamental architectural skills and practical experience, whilst establishing your own design personality.With our expert teaching team and close collaboration with practising architects, you'll apply both taught and practical knowledge to studio design projects that challenge you to think creatively and critically.Lectures will support and inform your studio work, drawing from expertise across sciences and humanities, whilst working closely with and alongside your coursemates will sharpen your collaborative skills and critical eye.Under the guidance of specialists from across the field, in your third year, you'll undertake a major design project that will give you the opportunity to showcase your skills to address a range of cultural, technological, conceptual and representational ideas.Our teaching teams include practising architects and professional academics from a range of architectural backgrounds, committed to providing you with the skills and knowledge needed to make a positive impact on the world.**Recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects as giving exemption from RIBA Part 1.****Prescribed by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) subject to periodic review by ARB, for the purposes of entry onto the United Kingdom Register of Architects.****Why study this course?**- Study a fully accredited course: Recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects as giving exemption from RIBA Part 1.- Become part of a top-ranking school: 3rd in the UK for architecture in the Complete University Guide (by subject) 2026 and 2nd in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide (by subject) 2025.- Make use of expert facilities: Study in collaborative, open-plan studios with panoramic views of Sheffield, and make use of on-site facilities for woodwork, metalwork, casting and architectural model-making.

School of Architecture and Landscape (Architecture)