Architecture Schools

Bachelor’s degree

Bachelor of Arts Architektur

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture

Berlin University of the Arts · Studiengang Architektur (Fakultät Gestaltung) · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Official award
Bachelor of Arts Architektur (B.A.)BA
Pathway
ProfessionalStated for Germany
Format
On campus8 Semester
Tuition
Not published

About this program

Eight-semester bachelor's centred on experimental design, reflection and construction of space in an integrated project study, with technical foundations, art and architectural history and theory.

Subject
Architecture
Department
Studiengang Architektur (Fakultät Gestaltung)
Awarding body
Universität der Künste Berlin

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
Professional pathwayThe program itself is a professionally accredited or validated degree in the stated jurisdiction, as shown by the source quoted on the page. Further steps are normally still required before registration.
Why we classify it this way
The page states the eight-semester bachelor's qualifies for the protected profession of architect under EU standards and, with the two-year professional practice, meets the criteria for entry in the German architects' lists.“Der Bachelorabschluss erfüllt im Zusammenhang mit dem zweijährigen Berufspraktikum nach Art. 46 BARL die Kriterien der EU-Richtlinie zur Eintragung in die Architektenlisten der deutschen Architektenkammern.”Source
Previous architecture degree required
No
Applicants without an architecture degree
Not published
Further professional requirements
Entry in the architects' lists requires the two-year professional practice under Art. 46 of the EU recognition directive after the bachelor's; a five-month Berufspraktikum is part of the bachelor's.Source
Entry routes and duration
RouteDurationCreditsRequirement
Entry from secondary school8 Semester240Passed artistic aptitude test, Allgemeine Hochschulreife and sufficient German (B1)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.

  • Stated by the schoolArchitektenkammern of Germany (as described on the university page, with reference to EU Directive Art. 46 BARL)Eligibility toward registrationOther statusDE

    Scope: B.A. Architektur (8 semesters): the page states that, together with the two-year professional practice under Art. 46 of the EU recognition directive, the degree meets the criteria for entry in the architects' lists of the German chambers

    Further requirements: Two-year professional practice (Berufspraktikum) under Art. 46 BARL

Study structure

Delivery
On campusTaught at the listed campus.
Study mode
Not published
Duration
8 Semester
Credits
240 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
Studio requirements
Integrated project study; design projects of varying scope in the foundation years.
Internship or placement
A five-month Berufspraktikum is compulsory.
Thesis or dissertation
Bachelor's thesis in the 8th semester with a nine-week working period.
Intakes
Wintersemester
Campus
UdK Berlin, HardenbergstraßeHardenbergstr. 33, 10623 Berlin

Teaching language

Taught in
German
English
English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Differences by campus or pathway
German proof is required for admission; the page does not state the teaching language directly.
Published language requirements
German B1

Admissions

Portfolio
Not publishedA successfully passed artistic aptitude test is an admission requirement; study starts in the winter semester. Dates are on the separate application page and no year is printed on the program page.
Interview
Not published
Previous qualification
Allgemeine Hochschulreife
Tests explicitly required
Künstlerische Eignungsprüfung (artistic aptitude test)
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, full-time or part-time options, 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.

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