Research doctorate (PhD)
PhD in Architecture
University of Cambridge · Department of Architecture · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- PhD in ArchitecturePhD
- Pathway
- ResearchStated for United Kingdom
- Format
- On campus3 years full-time / 5 years part-time
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Three-year research doctorate with minimal formal teaching, examined by a dissertation of up to 80,000 words.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Department 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
- 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
- Page describes a research programme examined by a dissertation and oral examination.“A dissertation of not more than 80,000 words.”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
- Full-time, Part-time
- Duration
- 3 years full-time / 5 years part-time
- Thesis or dissertation
- Dissertation of not more than 80,000 words, examined orally
- Intakes
- October
- Campus
- Department of Architecture, Cambridge
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
- Previous qualification
- A 1st class or a high 2i honours degree and a Masters degree with merit in architecture or a related discipline
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Research degree details
- Department
- Department of Architecture
- Finding a supervisor
- Students will usually have their supervisors confirmed before they have begun their course in October
- Previous qualifications
- A 1st class or a high 2i honours degree and a Masters degree with merit in architecture or a related discipline
- Study modes
- 3 years full-time/5 years part-time
- Deadlines
- Final funding deadline early January; submission by 7 January strongly recommended.
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, 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)