Master of Architecture (Part 2 ARB/RIBA)

Arts University Bournemouth Graduate School

Full time September Other Full time: 2 years

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About the course

About Master of Architecture (Part 2 ARB/RIBA)

The Master of Architecture course at AUB explores new approaches to architectural practice, through making, innovation and collaboration.

This two-year, full-time, studio-based course, is the second part of the three-part qualification in becoming an architect. This design-based professional qualification, accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architects Registration Board (ARB).

You’ll work alongside fellow makers, collaborators, and enablers who have come from different schools around the world; you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate across the arts.

Entry Requirements

Honours degree in Architecture (normally 2:2 or above) with Part 1 of the professional qualification recognised by the ARB and RIBA, plus one year in an architectural practice following Part 1 qualification.

Fees

2025/26 Home fees £9,250 (full-time)

2025/26 International/EU fees £19,950 (full-time)

Where will I study?

Arts University Bournemouth

We're Arts University Bournemouth (AUB). We're creative specialists, and have been since 1883. Our degrees are built around live briefs and industry-led models of learning. You'll gain skills, knowledge and an understanding of how to 'do it for real' enabling you to apply your creative energy in the workplace. While each course is as specific or discipline-focused as can be, the interdisciplinary approach to learning encourages you to tailor your own creative journey. As part of our creative community, you'll have the support of the course team and access to our industry-leading facilities as you develop on your existing skillset. By studying a postgraduate degree at AUB, we’ll enable you to understand and observe your specialism in the context of culture. We recognise the importance of sustainability and societal issues, and embrace emerging technologies to support students in being at the forefront of innovation and change.

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Student Profile

Ben Palmer

Graduated in 2022

The Master of Architecture course gave a great level of flexibility to start specialising in what I wanted my career to be based around. I had a focus on public and social architecture, which I now work in following our end-of-year show.

For my thesis piece, I looked at the university’s collaborative ethos fostered a joint thesis project with a Dance student. With the taboo of a complex history in smuggling during the French Revolution, leading to the formation of modern-day Kinson and its ranging fake history of the Village Green to the original uses of Pelhams House for French wine smuggling, meaning that much of its architecture is not considerate of its context. These buildings have harsh boundaries of public to private and this is reciprocated in the development of The Kinson Hub, which expresses a brick mass in the postmodern typology, out of its time and inconsiderate of the neighbouring Village Green that was renovated just three years prior to construction start.

In practice, I utilise the skills I picked up from university including sketching, analysing, researching, to name just a few. Studying M.Arch. solidified those skills drastically, to the point that I can produce efficiently and to the level of art and design I want to bring to a project.

Read Ben's full story: https://aub.ac.uk/latest/ben-palmer-from-creativity-to-architecture-accreditation