MArch Architecture / Overview

Year of entry: 2025

Degree awarded
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Duration
2 years
Entry requirements

For information on entry requirements, visit the MSA website

Full entry requirements

How to apply

You can apply for this course by selecting one of the options below.


Please read the How to Apply section on the Manchester School of Architecture website before submitting your application.

Get advice and support on making a successful application.

You can review our current terms and conditions before you make your application. If you are successful with your application, we will send you up to date information alongside your offer letter.

Sustainable Development Goals

Find out how this course aligns to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including learning which relates to:

  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Course options

Full-time Part-time Full-time distance learning Part-time distance learning
MArch Y Y N N

Course overview

  • As a Master of Architecture student at Manchester School of Architecture, you will study a degree that is delivered jointly by The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University. You will therefore benefit from the facilities and resources of both institutions such as libraries, computer suites, making and media workshops and much more. Upon successful completion of your studies, you will receive one degree certificate. The joint award certificate includes each institution’s crest and awarding body title.
  • Consistently ranked as one of the best schools of Architecture in the UK.
  • Engaged and responsive design teaching, working with expert, research-active academic staff and leading design professionals.

Open days

Whether you've already made your decision about what you want to study, or you're just considering whether postgraduate study is right for you, there are lots of ways you can meet us and find out more about postgraduate student life at Manchester Met.

We offer:

  • open days
  • webinars
  • a virtual experience campus tour
  • chats with current students

Meet us

Fees

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2025, the tuition fees are as follows:

  • MArch (full-time)
    UK students (per annum): £9,355 p/a collected by MMU
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £31,500 p/a collected by MMU
  • MArch (part-time)
    UK students (per annum): £2,383.75 per 30 credits collected by MMU
    International, including EU, students (per annum): £7,875 per 30 credits

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Scholarships/sponsorships

UN Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world's call to action on the most pressing challenges facing humanity. At The University of Manchester, we address the SDGs through our research and particularly in partnership with our students.

Led by our innovative research, our teaching ensures that all our graduates are empowered, inspired and equipped to address the key socio-political and environmental challenges facing the world.

To illustrate how our teaching will empower you as a change maker, we've highlighted the key SDGs that our courses address.

  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

    Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Contact details

School/Faculty
School of Environment, Education and Development
Contact name
Manchester Metropolitan University
Telephone
0161 247 6969
Email
Website
www.msa.ac.uk
School/Faculty
See: The School .

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