Bachelor’s degree
BSc (Hons) Architecture (from 2025 intake)
Cardiff University · Welsh School of Architecture · Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
- Official award
- Architecture (BSc)BSc
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United Kingdom
- Format
- On campus3 years, full time
- Tuition
- £9,790per year, September 2027 entry
About this program
Three-year Welsh School of Architecture BSc (September 2027 intake) accredited per the page by RIBA, ARB and LAM, progressing to the MArch (Part 2).
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Welsh School of Architecture
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
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
- Page says the BSc facilitates progression onto the MArch (Part 2) and that a Part 3 programme is needed to register.“Students intending to become registered architects in the United Kingdom will need to complete a Part 3 programme”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
- Further professional requirements
- ARB guidance: an applicant with only a UK Part 1 still needs a master's-level qualification (or old Part 2) and a practice qualification.Source
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.
Verified in official recordRoyal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)Professional-body validationFull statusUK
Scope: Part 1 BSc (Hons) Architecture (from 2025 intake)
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 3 years, full time
- Intakes
- September 2027
- Campus
- Welsh School of Architecture, King Edward VII AvenueKing Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB
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Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Published language requirements
- IELTS (academic) at least 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each subskill
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requiredA small digital creative portfolio (PDF, no more than 9 pages) is requested as part of the application.
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- A level AAA-AAB (standard and contextual offer range)
- Academic prerequisites
- GCSE English Language (or Welsh) grade C/4 and GCSE Maths grade C/4 or equivalent
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Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees for home status, per yearTuition | £9,790per year, September 2027 entry | Fees for home status | 19 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Fees for overseas status, per yearTuition | £31,700per year, September 2027 entry | Fees for overseas status | 19 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Studio fees, materials, model-making, printing, software, equipment, field trips and residencies are not listed by the institution on the pages we checked; architecture students often meet such costs.
Sources and verification
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.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)