MSc in Advanced Architectural Design

Certificates to confirm your degree or highest qualification, if your degree is complete

A transcript of your degree studies. This is an academic record of the subjects you’ve studied and the grades/marks achieved. If you are still studying you should provide a current transcript of your degree studies to date.

You'll need to include contact details for two referees. At least one of your referees should be able to comment on your academic ability.

A copy of your passport

Your personal statement is a vital part of your application: Think about the following questions: 1) Why you have chosen a particular course or research 2) How your academic experience relates to the area you want to study or research 3) Non-academic experience 4) Relevant personal skills 5) Why you have chosen a particular university 6) Your career goals

Design portfolio guidance All portfolios should be submitted as one PDF document, containing a maximum of 20 pages Structure your portfolio with a correct and clear sequence of pages and include a contents page, information sheets for every project, and explanatory text to give context Include 4-6 projects you have worked on, from small scale (room or dwelling) to larger scale (larger non-domestic building, urban scale, infrastructure etc) Projects can be both from previous or current education, and from practice. You can also add any other artistic or written work where appropriate Your portfolio should be chronological with the most recent work at the end Include a variety of representation techniques and types of work such as sketches, diagrams, hand drawings, 3D physical models, 3D visualisations, photographs and graphic-design work you should state examples of group work Here is some additional guidance for what each of the pathways are looking for in a design portfolio. Architecture and Cities (1 and 2 year routes) an interest in contextual design issues, whether at the urban or building scale you should show photographed examples of physical models that explain your projectsyou should include highlights from sketch books or exploratory work that shows project development