Bachelor Architecture

By influencing the way we live in many different ways, architects design our built environment. The Bachelor's programme in architecture provides the complete base required to perform this task responsibly: knowledge of technical, scientific and design disciplines, an understanding of social, ecological and economic interrelationships. All resulting in the ability to unite all these concerns in a design. These skills are acquired in lectures and seminars, through excursions and visits, but above all in intensively supervised design tasks.

A consecutive Master's programme complements the profile and opens the way to the profession as an architect.

The Bachelor's programme in architecture has a standard duration of six semesters. It is divided into four theoretical university semesters, a supervised practical project and the concluding semester with the Bachelor Thesis.

Here you can find previous study examination regulations.

A university degree is more than just vocational training. Especially for an occupation as an architect, it is essential to acquire a broad general knowledge, a rich cultural background and the ability to reflect critically during the course of studies in order to be able to act in a forward-looking and creative manner in a complex field of activity. Despite this deliberately broad perspective, however, we also want to prepare our students for a smooth transition into professional life, which is why we place great value on the practical relevance of our courses.

The architect is still the generalist among planners. One of their central tasks is to consider the multitude of functional, social, technical and design requirements and to sensibly bring them together in a design. The possibility to work on a majority of design tasks in an interdisciplinary way will already during the studies help train the necessary thought process – frequently in cooperation with students from neighbouring courses.

Only those who know the demands that await on the job can prepare for them accordingly. In the same way, theoretically acquired knowledge and skills can only be fully conceived and consolidated through their application in the field. In the course of their studies, through the mandatory pre-study internship and through a supervised practical project, students gain a clear insight into their future work.

Most of the professors teaching are actively working in the field, running renowned architectural and engineering offices. Consequently they are constantly facing the current issues of planning and construction and so can impart this experience directly into their teaching.

You have the opportunity to study one semester at one of our partner universities worldwide. The international office supports you in preparing for your stay abroad.

Foreign representative Prof. Harald Roser
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 8926 2627
Fax: +49 (0) 711 8926 2594
harald.roser@hft-stuttgart.de
Room 8/1.01

Requirements

• German university qualification or equivalent foreign educational qualifications.
• Prior to the start of the programme, an internship of at least two months in an architectural office and/or in the construction industry is required. The internship must be completed after obtaining the university entrance qualification. A written internship report covering this time is required. It needs to be submitted at the student office by beginning of the lecture. Please refer to the information sheet on the pre-study internship.

Slots in the programme are allocated according to a selection procedure specific to the university. Job training in the construction sector will be taken into account in the selection procedure.

Documents
You will find complete information on the application at this link. There you will find additional information on all the required documents as well as on selection and admission.

Application deadline
15 January annually for the summer semester
15 July annually for the winter semester 

Do you have any questions about studying or applying?
Just write to: Studienberatung-Architektur@hft-stuttgart.de

We are looking forward to your application and wish you all the best!

Graduates of the Bachelor's programme in architecture have extensive specialist knowledge in the field of planning and construction as well as the ability to communicate and coordinate. These skills will let you contribute to the planning of buildings in architectural or engineering offices, or work in companies in the construction or real estate industry as well as in public administration. After a preparatory phase of one or two years, you will also have access to leadership careers in public service.

The profession of architect is protected in many countries and may only be practised with the appropriate proven qualifications. In Germany this is regulated by the states’ respective laws. In principle, they require a successfully completed degree in architecture with a standard period of study of at least four years.
The Bachelor's degree in architecture is offered at the HFT Stuttgart with a standard programme duration of six semesters. Appending this with the Master's programme in architecture with a standard duration of four semesters, this results in a total of ten semesters, which accordingly entitles students to be admitted to the Architektenkammer in all German federal states. In order to be registered in the roll of architects and to work as a freelance architect, an additional two years of work as an intern (AiP—architect in practical training) is required after absolving the programme.

The degree ‘Master of Arts’ of the consecutive Bachelor-Master programme in Architecture at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences has been ratified at the European Commission since August 2016. As a result, all graduates with this degree are now entitled to the recognition of their professional qualifications in all 27 member states of the European Union. This also applies retroactively to all graduates since the introduction of the Bachelor-Master programme in the 2005 summer semester, eliminating the previous recognition procedure with its time-consuming case-by-case examination and high processing fees.

The Charter for the Education of Architects by UNESCO and UIA (Union Internationale des Architectes) not only specifies what content should be included in an architectural degree programme, but also that it should comprise at least 10 academic semesters of full-time study. For students who want their studies to meet the UIA criteria, a priority should therefore be to complete their fifth semester abroad at one of our partner universities (Supervised Practical Study Project) instead of an office internship. This is regarded as an academic semester conforming to UIA. With the Bachelor's and Master's programme at the HFT a total of ten semesters can be certified.

The diploma supplement, an appendix to the diploma, verifies these facts in a way reproducible by potential employers.

The programme is accredited by the Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik e.V. (ASIIN— Accreditation Agency for Study Programmes in Engineering, Computer Science, Natural Sciences and Mathematics).