Bachelor’s degree
Architektur (B.A.)
Architecture (B.A.)
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences · Lehreinheit Architektur (Fachbereich 1: Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Geomatik) · Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)B.A.
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for Germany
- Format
- On campus6 Semester, Vollzeit
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Three-year bachelor's with a focus on design and building construction, with practical exercises; some courses are taught in English.
Intended audience: Applicants curious about architectural, urban, social and construction-management questions and with good spatial imagination.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Lehreinheit Architektur (Fachbereich 1: Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Geomatik)
- Awarding body
- Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
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 page calls the bachelor's the first of three qualification steps on the way to an architect with chamber admission.“Der Bachelorstudiengang dauert drei Jahre und ist der erste von 3 Qualifikationsschritten auf dem Weg zum Architekten mit Kammerzulassung.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | 6 Semester | 180 | Hochschulreife; binding participation in a Vorgespräch; 13-week craft pre-internship (proof before module B 4.2)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.
Stated by the schoolACQUIN e.V. (accreditation agency, as named on the program page)Program accreditationFull statusDE
Scope: Program page lists accreditation by ACQUIN until 30.09.32
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 6 Semester, Vollzeit
- Credits
- 180 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Internship or placement
- Self-organised 13-week craft pre-internship on a building site or in a construction firm (maximum three parts).
- Intakes
- Winter semester
- Campus
- Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German, English
- English
- Partly taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Key facts list German as the language; some courses are partly taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requiredBinding Vorgespräch with three self-made work samples, a processed architecture-related task and a group conversation. Deadline 15 July for winter semester (no year printed); application for winter semester 2027/28 is expected to open from June 2027.
- Interview
- Interview required
- Previous qualification
- Hochschulreife
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester contribution (Semesterbeitrag); no tuition fee listedOther compulsory charge · mandatory | €406.78per semester, Wintersemester 2026/2027 | Studierende (Rückmeldung) | 19 October 2026Source |
| Semester contribution for first enrolment (Semesterbeitrag); no tuition fee listedOther compulsory charge · mandatory | €416.78per semester, Wintersemester 2026/2027 | Neueinschreiber*innen | 19 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition.
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)