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Graduate Diploma in Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2)

2 years full-time or 3 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Architecture is the second part of the professional qualification which enables you to become a registered architect. On the course you are able to consolidate your architectural experiences, both in education and in your practice whilst simultaneously questioning your preconceptions of the discipline. Taught through the Canterbury School of Architecture this course carries full and unconditional prescription from the Architects Registration Board (ARB) as satisfying the Part 2 criteria and is also unconditionally validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Key study topics include:

  • Research and design projects
  • Contemporary histories
  • Theories of architecture
  • Urbanism and technology
  • Environment
  • Design thesis and technical dissertation
  • Research methods
  • Management
  • Practice and law.

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