B.Sc.Architecture
| Study location | Latvia, Riga |
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| Academic field | Architecture 02.1 (ISCED 5811) Architecture (JACS K100) |
| Type | Bachelor, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 3.5 years (120 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | B.Sc. (Bachelor of Engineering Sciences in Architecture) |
| Tuition fee | €8,000 per year |
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| Application fee | €200 one-time |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) -Candidate should submit his/her portfolio of creative work (drawings, paintings etc) reflecting the true interests and passion of the candidate. Please send it as a PDF document not exceeding 5 MB. Please provide the secondary school leaving certificate in the original language. If the diploma is not issued in English, a certified translation should be provided. The document must be legalised/apostilled. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. It is necessary to have notarized certified documents translated, legalized and apostilled. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS score 6.0+, TOEFL 75+ or equivalent. |
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| Other requirements | A motivation letter must be added to your application. A relevant portfolio is required. portfolio (documentation on the previously performed works, which reflects the person’s individuality, creativity and capacity – 12 pages in the A3 format page horizontally. Portfolio needs to include such categories: drafting, drawing, composition, sketching, painting or sculpture, photography and free choice/creation. 1. Entrance examination in drawing and composition *. |
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Overview
The Studies on six fields of concentration:
Architectural Design; Fine Art; Building Technology and Science; Project Management, Economics and law; City Planning; History and Theory of Architecture; Humanities and Social Subjects; Practice; Bachelor Thesis.
*Architecture students are invited and encouraged to compose their curriculum by choosing additional courses also from other Creative and Business faculties.
Programme content:
The curriculum aims to integrate the knowledge of all these diverse, yet complementing domains. The main aspiration is to provide students with the ability of analytical thinking and problem solving: granting the knowledge, intellectual capacity and practical skills of interrelating apparently separate domains of architectural realm of theory and practice.
The successive years of the curriculum built up on one another in Architectural Design studies. Each academic year, the curriculum aims to explore consequently more complex issues and scales of design problems as such:
- Principles of design
- Private space and dwelling
- Public space and place-making
- Urban space and urban regeneration
Programme structure
Content*
First year Second year
1st Semester
Fundamentals of Visual Structures and Composition
Basics of design I
Math (Calculus) I
Descriptive geometry I
Environmental psychology
Fine arts I
English for Architects I
Introduction to Architectural culture I
2nd Semester
Basics of design II
Basics of building technologies
Math (Calculus) II
Descriptive geometry II
Fine arts II
English for Architects II
History of art, architecture and urban design I
Study practice
Ethics and social responsibility in architecture 3rd Semester
Architectural Design I
Building technologies and practices I
Introduction to architectural structural systems
Fine arts III
Computer media in architecture
History of art, architecture and urban design II
Sociology
Practical philosophy
4th Semester
Architectural Design II
Building science and application I
Building technologies and practices II
Architectural structures I
Fine arts IV
Computer applications in design I
History of art, architecture and urban design III
Study practice
Civil protection
Third year Fourth year
5th Semester
Architectural Design III
Building science and application II
Building technologies and practices III
Architectural structures II
Landscape architecture
Computer applications in design II
Architectural theory and criticism I
Latvian architecture
6th Semester
Architectural Design IV
Architectural structures III
Architectural theory and criticism II
Building science and application III
Urban design
Project and construction management
Economics
Basics of work safety
Cultural heritage 7th Semester
Interior (Fine arts)
Study practice
Basics of legal aspects
Sustainable design
Organization management
Bachelor Thesis (Final/State Exam)
*There is also available a wide range of free selection courses of Section ©. Architecture students are invited to compose their curriculum by choosing additional courses also from other Creative and Business faculties.
Career opportunities
Bachelor Degree of Engineering Sciences in Architecture is the first step in order to prepare students for further studies in the fields of architecture and urban planning, and architect’s professional practice.