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Environmental Architecture MA

UK

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What will I learn?

Environmental Architecture is forging a new field of knowledge production and practice, designing alternative forms of co-dependence between life forms and earth systems. The programme blends design, ethnography, and technoscientific tools to analyse, classify, and produce environmental data. At the same time, you’ll gain insight from global environmental leaders, histories and theories of environmental change, explore change history, and delve into environmental law and climate justice.

As part of the programme, you’ll engage with live projects in sites of complex environmental change. Work with experts from other disciplines, such as lawyers, geologists or biologists. Embark on multiple-day field trips where you can stakeholders and meet local communities while testing and exploring environmental research and analysis methods.

Possible research areas include sustainable forms of urbanisation, concepts of stewardship, environmental change and its effect on migration and settlement patterns, climate justice, impacts of resource extraction on ecosystems, energy transition, post-development and degrowth, indigenous struggles, and many others.

Join a top art institution and benefit from a rich culture of radical, interdisciplinary work at the Royal College of Art. Forge global connections through our pioneering mentorship scheme, uniting you with local and international expertise, elevating your journey in the field.

Which department am I in?

School of Architecture

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees
£35,950.00 (US$ 46,566) per year
This is a fixed fee
Start date

September 2025

Venue

Royal College of Art

Kensington Gore,

Kensington and Chelsea,

London,

SW7 2EU, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Candidates are selected entirely on merit and applications are welcomed from all over the world. The selection process will consider creativity, imagination and innovation as demonstrated in your portfolio, as well as your potential to benefit from the programme and to achieve high MA standards overall. This programme accepts students from a wide range of backgrounds, including career changers. Many of those who join the programme will be students of architecture with a 3+2-year Bachelor and Master’s degree, or master-equivalent 5-year diploma preferably in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Urbanism, Urban Design or other related design discipline looking to acquire expertise in large scale, environmental and ecological design projects. If you are not a national of a majority English-speaking country you will need the equivalent of an IELTS Academic or UKVI score of 6.5 with a 6.0 in the Test of Written English (TWE) and at least 5.5 in other skills. Students achieving a grade of at least 6.0, with a grade of 5.5 in the Test of Written English

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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