Bachelor’s degree
Architecture (BArch)
The Glasgow School of Art · The Mackintosh School of Architecture · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Official award
- Bachelor of Architecture or Bachelor of Architecture with HonoursBArch
- Pathway
- Pre-professionalStated for United Kingdom
- Format
- On campusOrdinary degree after 3 years or Honours degree after 4 years; full-time students normally spend a year in practice between Years 3 and 4
- Tuition
- £1,820per year, Academic Year 2026/27
About this program
Studio-based Bachelor of Architecture (ordinary after three years, honours after four) validated by the University of Glasgow, giving exemption from Part 1 of the ARB/RIBA examination.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- The Mackintosh 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 programme leads to exemption from Part 1 of the ARB/RIBA examination.“exemption from Part 1 of the Examination in Architecture of the ARB/ RIBA at the end of Year 3 full-time study or Year 4 part-time study”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 Bachelor of Architecture Part 1 Bachelor of Architecture (Honours)
Verified in official recordArchitects Registration Board (ARB)Eligibility toward registrationFull statusUK
Scope: Bachelor of Architecture / with Honours, Part 1, ARB Schedule 1
Dates: not stated to 31 December 2027
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time, Part-time
- Duration
- Ordinary degree after 3 years or Honours degree after 4 years; full-time students normally spend a year in practice between Years 3 and 4
- Internship or placement
- Full-time students normally undertake a year of practical training in an approved architect's office between Years 3 and 4
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Glasgow campus (Mackintosh School of Architecture)
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BArch/undergraduate annual tuition fee, Scottish (Home) students, new students 2026/27Tuition | £1,820per year, Academic Year 2026/27 | Scottish (Home) Students | 19 October 2026Source |
| Undergraduate annual tuition fee, Rest of UK students, new students 2026/27Tuition | £9,790per year, Academic Year 2026/27 | Rest of UK Students - England, Wales and Northern Ireland (including Channel Isles and Isle of Man) and Students from the Republic of Ireland | 19 October 2026Source |
| Undergraduate annual tuition fee, International students, new students 2026/27Tuition | £24,800per year, Academic Year 2026/27 | International Students (all overseas non-UK residents including students from the European Union other than students from Republic of Ireland) | 19 October 2026Source |
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
Not published on the program’s source pages: intakes, portfolio requirement.
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)