Architecture courses

About Bachelor Of Architecture in University of Limerick

About You

If you are a person that combines creative imagination and analytical rigour; if you are a good observer; and if you are inspired by the prospect of changing the world we live in, then UL’s problem-oriented approach to architecture may just be right for you. Architecture requires a lot of dedication, and is a very hands-on course that relies on constructional understanding, based on lots of model making and material experiments.

Why Study Architecture at UL?

The School of Architecture at the University of Limerick offers a 5-year undergraduate degree in architecture. The objective of the School is to educate architects with a strong set of integrated skills, balanced with a clear understanding of the environment - built, existing and imagined - and vital to professional practice. The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has awarded full accreditation to the architecture programme at UL. Studying architecture in an accredited programme is the first step towards becoming a registered professional architect.

The School of Architecture embraces all parts of an architect’s education; it is a place where the study of architecture is undertaken with passion and inventiveness, an open and transparent society of mobile thinkers. The School of Architecture teaches an architecture that is integrated with Environmental and Structural engineering, as disciplines that set us free from the limitations of our own knowledge and help us to achieve a balance with the environment by focusing human abilities.

Career

Careers open to you with a degree in Architecture include:

• Architect (private practice and local authority)
• Landscape Architect
• Architecture Critic/Writer
• Tutor/Lecturer in Architecture
• Academic Researcher
• Model Maker
• Historical Buildings Consultant/ Conservation Officer

As a graduate of this course, you will be in a position to start working in an architect’s office. This is the path followed by most graduates. However, architecture studies are broad, encompassing technical skills, design, art, history and presentation skills and some graduates do move into other areas including policymaking or public administration, business or urban design, photography or other arts, furniture or model making, research, and writing, or pursue further studies.

The Building Control Act 2007 introduced registration for architects in the Republic of Ireland, The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) maintains the professional register – “The best way to qualify as an architect eligible for RIAI Membership and admission to the Register for Architects is to get a degree from a recognised school of architecture, followed by two years of approved practical experience. generally takes seven to nine years.” – Refer to the RIAI website www.riai.ie for further details.

Recognised degree courses in architecture take five years of full- time study. Many students take a year out for practical experience between the third and fourth years. So the whole process, from start to full professional qualification, generally takes seven to nine years.” – Refer to the RIAI website www.riai.ie for further details.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Standard XII examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Metro State Boards or Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), with first-division/class standing and a minimum average grade of 70%. 

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: Minimum score of 6.5* with no less than 6.0 in any component.

  *Please note some programmes have a higher IELTS requirement.

  **Please note, we can only accept Academic IELTS. General IELTS will not be accepted. 

• TOEFL : 580 (paper based) or 90 (internet based)
• PTE: a minimum score of 61 (with no section score below 59)

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