Master’s degree
Architektur (Master)
Architecture (Master)
FH Münster - University of Applied Sciences · Münster School of Architecture (MSA) · Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Official award
- Master ArchitekturMA
- Pathway
- ProfessionalStated for Germany
- Format
- On campusPart of a ten-semester consecutive bachelor + master model; master length not captured
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Master's stage of the MSA's ten-semester consecutive model, ending with a one-semester thesis; admission requires a first architecture degree, 12 weeks of practice and an admission interview.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Münster School of Architecture (MSA)
- Awarding body
- FH Münster
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
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
- Pathway
- Professional pathwayThe program itself is a professionally accredited or validated degree in the stated jurisdiction, as shown by the source quoted on the page. Further steps are normally still required before registration.
- Why we classify it this way
- The school says the study at MSA qualifies, after ten semesters and in line with its accreditation, internationally for the protected profession of architect under the UNESCO/UIA standards.“Das Studium an der MSA qualifiziert nach zehn Semestern Studiendauer und gemäß seiner Akkreditierung international für den geschützten Beruf des Architekten nach den UNESCO/UIA-Standards.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Yes
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
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.
Stated by the schoolUNESCO/UIA (quality seal for architectural education, as named on the school page)Professional-body validationOther statusDE
Scope: MSA ten-semester bachelor + master model; the school states it carries the UNESCO/UIA quality seal
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Part of a ten-semester consecutive bachelor + master model; master length not captured
- Thesis or dissertation
- Concluding one-semester thesis.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Leonardo-Campus
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Teaching language
- Taught in
- German
- English
- Not taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requiredPortfolio of 4-5 own projects from the bachelor studies; at least 12 weeks of practical work proven by the time of the master thesis registration.
- Interview
- Interview required
- Previous qualification
- First professional higher-education degree in architecture or comparable (bachelor, Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) or Diplom-Ingenieur)
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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.
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, intakes.
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)