Architecture: Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA 3)

London Metropolitan University
Postgraduate MA Part-time 17 Weeks Architecture and planning

About this course

Why study this course?

This practice-based course will prepare you for managing architectural projects and is the final step toward registration as an architect in the UK.

More about this course

The course is designed to ensure high standards in the professional practice of architecture and to give you the opportunity to extend your area of competence. It focuses on the design process but tempers this concern with the knowledge and experience needed for ideas to become reality in a way that is ethical, economical, efficient and legal.

Students are recruited from a wide range of design professions in the construction industry, and the teaching will examine critical events in your own work experience, that of other course members and of the profession at large. The course will also encourage you to feel confident with higher levels of professional responsibility. Our students have had considerable successes in the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President's medals.

You'll benefit from the course's central London location and its close proximity to its internationally renowned creative and industry hubs. The School's extensive networks encourage graduates of the course to expand their knowledge and skills through lectures, events and careers advice, leaving them with excellent career prospects.

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2121 Civil engineers
1122 Production managers and directors in construction
2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants
3114 Building and civil engineering technicians
2451 Architects
2455 Construction project managers and related professionals

Course Details

Qualification
MA
Study Mode
Part-time
Duration
17 Weeks
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
London
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Architecture and planning