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Full time & Part time September Other Full-time: 22 months; Part-time: 3 years
Architecture, Building & Planning (3)

About the course

Building design plays an important role in improving quality of life and human well-being, whilst also helping with climate change mitigation and adaptation.

M.Arch Sustainable Architecture offers architects an ARB-prescribed Part 2 qualification, drawing on CAT’s 40 years’ of experience in sustainability practice.

The intensive course allows graduates to respond more quickly to the urgent need for a greater understanding of sustainability issues in the built environment.

Course structure

This Masters degree starts in September and is available full-time for 22 months or part-time over three years.

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Entry Requirements

Undergraduate degree carrying an exemption from ARB Part I or a relevant undergraduate degree. If you have a relevant undergraduate degree that does not carry an exemption from ARB’s Part 1 examination you will be required to successfully complete the ARB’s Part 1 examination before you can register as an architect in the UK.

Digital portfolio of work.

IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required for applicants whose first language is not English.


Fees

Tuition costs for 2024 TBC. The tuition fees for this course for Home students starting in September 2023 were £14,500. This is the cost for the entire course tuition, not per year.

 Course Content

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Student Profiles

Janna Laan
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“CAT’s a place which is full of people who have so much hope and energy. It’s more than a place to study, it’s a whole experience.

Rosie Murphy

Many of Rosie’s projects addressed the intersection between social and environmental injustices within the built environment.

Scholarships

Sir John has had an illustrious career as one of the world’s most eminent climate scientists, including being co-chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessment Working Group and a former Chief Executive of the Met Office.

A long term supporter of the work of the Centre for Alternative Technology, Sir John says:

‘I have spent a lifetime studying the atmosphere and the climate and latterly have been concerned with the reality of human induced climate change. I now want to help the next generation tackle this serious problem, possibly the biggest the world faces.’

Value of Scholarship(s)

4500

Eligibility

Thanks to a generous donation from Sir John Houghton, CAT is able to offer an annual bursary of £4,500 to a promising postgraduate student who demonstrates that they have an excellent academic record and a passion for tackling climate change.

Application Procedure

Applications open in the new year and close in the Spring. Grant applications must be made on the bursary application form on CAT's website.


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The generous donation from the trust, whose main aims and activities focus on the advancement of education in science in Wales, will partly fund a student who would otherwise be unable to study on a postgraduate course because of their financial situation and is aimed at those who wish to apply the knowledge and skills they learn in a practical way to combat the climate and biodiversity crisis in Wales.

Eligibility

Thanks to a generous donation from The Ethel and Gwynne Morgan Trust, we are able to offer a bursary worth £4,500 to new students beginning on one of CAT's postgraduate courses in September 2023. This bursary is aimed at those who wish to apply the knowledge and skills they learn in a practical way to combat the climate and biodiversity crisis in Wales.

Application Procedure

Applications open in the new year and close in the Spring. Grant applications must be made on the bursary application form on CAT's website.


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