Architecture Schools

Bachelor’s degree

Bachelor Architektur (B.Sc.)

Bachelor of Architecture (B.Sc.)

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar · Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik · Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

Official award
Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.)BSc
Pathway
Pre-professionalStated for Germany
Format
On campussechs Fachsemester
Tuition
Not published

About this program

Six-semester design-oriented bachelor's in three study years, with a part-study period abroad in the third year and a final semester project as thesis.

Subject
Architecture
Department
Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik
Awarding body
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Qualification and professional pathway

Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.

Degree level
Bachelor’s degreeA first degree entered after secondary school.
Pathway
Pre-professionalA first stage. The source says further study or a further qualification is needed before registration or licensure.
Why we classify it this way
The university says that, under state chamber rules, only the master's degree in the same subject plus professional experience qualifies for entry in the architects' list.“Gemäß der Vorgaben der Landesarchitektenkammern qualifiziert Sie erst der Masterabschluss* im selben Fach zusammen mit einer berufspraktischen Erfahrung (in der Regel zwei Jahre) zur Eintragung in die Architektenliste”Source
Previous architecture degree required
No
Applicants without an architecture degree
Not published
Further professional requirements
Master's degree in the same subject plus usually two years of professional experience for chamber registration.Source
Entry routes and duration
RouteDurationCreditsRequirement
Entry from secondary school6 Fachsemester–Allgemeine Hochschulreife or comparable plus a two-stage university aptitude procedureSource

Accreditation, validation and recognition

Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.

No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.

Study structure

Delivery
On campusTaught at the listed campus.
Study mode
Not published
Duration
sechs Fachsemester
Studio requirements
Eine Besonderheit des komplexen Studiums der Architektur in Weimar ist die ausgeprägte Entwurfsorientierung
Internship or placement
An architecture-related pre-internship of up to 12 weeks is recommended.
Thesis or dissertation
The last semester project is also the final thesis.
Intakes
Winter semester
Campus
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Teaching language

Taught in
German
English
English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Differences by campus or pathway
German language proof is required of international applicants; the page does not list a separate teaching-language field.
Published language requirements
DSH-2, TestDaF TDN 4, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule or DSD II for international applicants

Admissions

Portfolio
No portfolio requiredApplicants submit a motivation letter, CV and a take-home task on creative skills and constructive understanding. The deadline for the aptitude procedure is 15 July of the year (winter semester only).
Interview
Not published
Previous qualification
Allgemeine Hochschulreife or comparable
Tests explicitly required
Two-stage aptitude procedure including a take-home assignment
Official instructions
Application instructions

Fees and costs

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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.

Sources and verification

Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, accreditation or validation record.

Sources and how this was checked

Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.

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