Research doctorate (PhD)
Third-cycle studies in Architecture (Department of Architecture and Built Environment)
Doctoral studies in Architecture
Lund University (LTH, Faculty of Engineering – School of Architecture) · School of Architecture (Arkitektskolan), LTH · Lund, Sweden
- Official award
- Doctoral degree in the third-cycle subject Architecture
- Pathway
- Research
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A doctoral subject at LTH's Department of Architecture and Built Environment examining spatial planning and the relationship between people and the built environment; a general syllabus (PDF) governs the studies.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- School of Architecture (Arkitektskolan), LTH
- 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
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate focused on architecture (PhD, Dr.-Ing. and equivalents).
- Pathway
- Research degreeA research degree. It does not qualify anyone to practise as an architect.
- Why we classify it this way
- The department lists Architecture as one of its third-cycle (doctoral) study programmes.“The Department of Architecture and Built Environment has four third-cycle study programmes: Architecture, Construction and Architecture, Environmental Psychology and Architecture leading to a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- 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.
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
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Thesis or dissertation
- Regulated by a general syllabus for third-cycle studies in Architecture (PDF, not read).
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Lund
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- Teaching language is not stated on the fetched page.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
Research degree details
- Department
- Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Research themes
- planning of the built environment
- design and artistic form
- origin, use and evolution of the built environment over time
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, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required, 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)