Bachelor’s degree
Bachelorstudiengang Architektur
Bachelor's program in Architecture
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) · KIT-Fakultät für Architektur · Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Official award
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)B.Sc.
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campus6 Semester (Vollzeitstudium)
- Tuition
- €1,500per semester, current (page undated)
About this program
Six-semester, studio-based bachelor's in architecture at KIT with one design studio per semester supervised by a professor. The page says its aim is to prepare students for a consecutive master's program.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- KIT-Fakultät für Architektur
- Awarding body
- KIT
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
- Pathway not classifiedNo source we could read states the professional status of this program. It is left unclassified rather than guessed from the degree name.
- Previous architecture degree required
- No
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | 6 semesters (full-time) | 180 | Allgemeine Hochschulreife, fachgebundene Hochschulreife mit technischer Ausrichtung or other qualification under § 58 Abs. 2 LHG, plus English B2Source |
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
- Full-time
- Duration
- 6 Semester (Vollzeitstudium)
- Credits
- 180 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Studio requirements
- Im Bachelorstudiengang Architektur am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie wird pro Semester in einem thematisch bestimmten Entwurfsstudio gearbeitet.
- Internship or placement
- No compulsory internship; a six-month office internship is strongly recommended and carries no credits.
- Intakes
- Winter semester
- Campus
- KIT Karlsruhe (Faculty of Architecture)Englerstraße 7, 76131 Karlsruhe
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
- The page lists German and English as languages of instruction and requires English at B2; it does not state that the whole program can be completed in English.
- Published language requirements
- English at CEFR B2 at least
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requiredA practice-related task on a set theme (a sketch/drawing/photo submission of 5 to 10 A4 pages) is submitted via the application portal and scored in the ranking. Published deadline (no year printed on the page): Bewerbungsschluss ist der 15.07. (Ausschlussfrist!) - winter semester only.
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Allgemeine Hochschulreife or equivalent
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition for newly enrolling non-EU studentsTuition · mandatory | €1,500per semester, current (page undated) | International students coming from outside of the EU | 19 October 2026Source |
| Administrative chargeOther compulsory charge · mandatory | €80per semester, since summer semester 2025 | students | 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.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: 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.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)