Architecture / Architektur – (B.A.)

Programme Structure

The programme offers professional education in all aspects of architecture and city building and provides comprehensive insights into the many diverse career options within the building and planning professions. Applied and praxis oriented design and project work forms the core of this programme. Proactive actions, intellectual agility and a preparedness and ability to arrive at solutions within a team are essential characteristics strongly promoted within this programme.
The programme is comprised of six semesters and culminates in a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree. It is taught in German language and comprises 180 ECTS credits. The B.A. programme is structured in modules, whereby the initiatory modules are two-semester modules and subsequent modules take one semester, so as to facilitate easy repeats, student mobility and study abroad semesters.

Programme ContentsThe modules are structured as follows:
- General principles and foundations in i.e. city building, history of architecture, building science, construction management
- Design, i.e. composition, drawing, model making, CAAD, design and projects
- Construction, i.e. structural design, support structures, technical extensions

Career OpportunitiesGraduates from the Bachelor of Arts programme in Architecture are qualified to take on professional roles throughout all scales of the fee structures for architects and engineer regulations (HOAI) within architectural and planning offices. In addition to traditional roles in architecture, new career opportunities arise in property management, building administration, building management, project management and project development, visualisation and animation.
Upon completion of this short and relatively general programme, students have the opportunity to either directly enter into the profession or continue their studies within a Masters programme. The University of Applied Science Frankfurt am Main (Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main) offers a consecutive Master of Arts programme in Architecture Design and Construction. A Masters degree enables graduates to join the Chamber of Commerce for Architecture.
Other Masters programme relevant for Bachelor graduates in Architecture include the M.Sc. in Architecture – Barrier-free Planning and Building, the M.Sc. in Urban Agglomeration and the M.Eng. in Sustainable Structures. Graduation from any of these programmes enables students to enter higher civil service or gain access to a higher research degree programme at a university.