Bachelor’s degree
Rakennusarkkitehti (AMK), rakennusarkkitehtuuri
Building Architect (UAS degree), Architecture
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences · Rakennusarkkitehtuurin tutkinto-ohjelma (Metropolia) · Myllypuro, Helsinki, Finland
- Official award
- Rakennusarkkitehti (AMK)AMK
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campus240 opintopistettä, 4 vuotta
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
A four-year Finnish-language building-architect degree covering architectural, building and renovation design with three 10-credit internships and a 15-credit thesis.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Rakennusarkkitehtuurin tutkinto-ohjelma (Metropolia)
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Further professional requirements
- After the required work experience the degree meets the competence the law requires of a designer for demanding design tasks (as stated by the school).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.
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
- 240 opintopistettä, 4 vuotta
- Credits
- 240 opintopiste (ECTS-equivalent)Credit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Internship or placement
- 3 x 10 credits of internship during the first three years: construction-site internship in year 1, design-work internships in years 2-3.
- Thesis or dissertation
- Thesis of 15 credits at the end of the fourth year.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Myllypuro campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Finnish
- English
- Not taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Deadlines
- Haku suomalaisten korkeakouluopintojen perusteella (flexible admission based on prior Finnish higher-education studies), autumn 2026 start: 4.5.2026 klo 08:00 - 31.10.2026 klo 15:00 · autumn 2026
- 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.
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, intakes, portfolio requirement, 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)