Have you completed 12th grade? Do you want to pursue a job-oriented architecture course in UK (United Kingdom) after completing 12th? If yes, this post will be of help to you. Here, I’ve compiled a list of top architecture programs in the UK after 12th grade.
In this post, readers will find the following details – list of best architecture programs in United Kingdom, list of top colleges & universities offering those architecture programs, type of the academic program, duration & additional information. Also check – Engineering after 12th in UK.
Both international as well as UK-based students will benefit from this post. After going through this post, readers will be able to find and identify a good architecture program as well as college/university in UK. The main aim of this post is to simplify architecture admission process after 12th in the UK.
Here, readers will find different types of architecture degrees such as – BSc, BEng, Meng (Integrated) & BA courses. Without wasting any time, let us check out the list of best architecture courses in UK after 12th. These are undergraduate level architecture programs. Here is the list –
List of best architecture courses after 12th in UK
| Sr No | Name of the architecture course | Type of architecture degree | University offering the course | Duration |
| 1 | Ancient History and Archaeology | BA (Hons) | University of Exeter | 3 years |
| 2 | Ancient History and Archaeology with Study Abroad | BA (Hons) | University of Exeter | 4 years |
| 3 | Archaeology and Anthropology | BA (Hons) | University of Oxford | 3 years |
| 4 | Archaeology and Art History | MA (Hons) | University of Aberdeen | 4 years |
| 5 | Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies | BSc (Hons) | UCL (University College London) | 3 years |
| 6 | Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies with a Year Abroad | BSc (Hons) | UCL (University College London) | 4 years |
| 7 | Architectural Design and Technology | BSc (Hons) | Buckinghamshire New University | 3 years |
| 8 | Architectural Design and Technology | BSc (Hons) | University of Salford | 3 years |
| 9 | Architectural Design and Technology | BA (Hons) | Solent University (Southampton) | 3 years |
| 10 | Architectural Design and Technology with Art & Design Foundation Year | BA (Hons) | Solent University (Southampton) | 4 years |
| 11 | Architectural Design and Technology with Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Salford | 4 years |
| 12 | Architectural Engineering | BEng (Hon) | Heriot-Watt University | 4 years |
| 13 | Architectural Engineering | BEng (Hon) | University of Leeds | 3 years |
| 14 | Architectural Engineering | MEng (Hon) | University of Leeds | 4 years |
| 15 | Architectural Engineering | MEng | Liverpool John Moores University | 4 years |
| 16 | Architectural Engineering | BSc (Hons) | University of Plymouth | 4 years |
| 17 | Architectural Engineering | BSc (Hons) | University of Salford | 3 years |
| 18 | Architectural Engineering | MEng (Hon) | University of Sheffield | 4 years |
| 19 | Architectural Engineering (with a placement year) | MEng | University of Bradford | 5 years |
| 20 | Architectural Engineering (with a placement year) | BEng | University of Bradford | 4 years |
| 21 | Architectural Engineering with an Industrial Placement Year | MEng (Hon) | University of Sheffield | 5 years |
| 22 | Architectural Engineering with Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Salford | 4 years |
| 23 | Architectural Environment Engineering | BEng (Hon) | University of Nottingham | 3 years |
| 24 | Architectural Environment Engineering including an Industrial Year | BEng (Hon) | University of Nottingham | 4 years |
| 25 | Architectural Environment Engineering including an Industrial Year | MEng (Hon) | University of Nottingham | 5 years |
| 26 | Architectural Studies | BSc (Hons) | University of Strathclyde | 4 years |
| 27 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | University of Bedfordshire | 3 years |
| 28 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 3 years |
| 29 | Architectural Technology | BSc | University of Bradford | 3 years |
| 30 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | University of Brighton | 3 years |
| 31 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 3 years |
| 32 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | De Montfort University | 3 years |
| 33 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | Edinburgh Napier University | 4 years |
| 34 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) | 4 years |
| 35 | Architectural Technology | HNC | University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) | 1 year |
| 36 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | University of Huddersfield | 3 years |
| 37 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | University of Northampton | 3 years |
| 38 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | Nottingham Trent University | 3 years |
| 39 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | Nottingham Trent University | 4 years |
| 40 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | Robert Gordon University | 4 years |
| 41 | Architectural Technology | BSc (Hons) | University of Westminster, London | 3 years |
| 42 | Architectural Technology (top-up) | BSc (Hons) | University of Northampton | 1 year |
| 43 | Architectural Technology (with a placement year) | BSc | University of Bradford | 4 years |
| 44 | Architectural Technology (with Foundation Year) | BSc (Hons) | University of Northampton | 4 years |
| 45 | Architectural Technology (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years) | BSc (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 5 years |
| 46 | Architectural Technology (with Integrated Foundation Year) | BSc (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 4 years |
| 47 | Architectural Technology (with Integrated International Foundation & Professional Practice Years) | BSc (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 5 years |
| 48 | Architectural Technology (with Integrated International Foundation Year) | BSc (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 4 years |
| 49 | Architectural Technology (with Professional Practice Year) | BSc (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 4 years |
| 50 | Architectural Technology [with Foundation Year] | BSc (Hons) | Anglia Ruskin University | 4 years |
| 51 | Architectural Technology and Design | BSc (Hons) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 3 years |
| 52 | Architectural Technology and Design (with Foundation Year) | BSc (Hons) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 4 years |
| 53 | Architectural Technology with Foundation | BSc (Hons) | University of Westminster, London | 4 years |
| 54 | Architectural Technology with Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Bedfordshire | 4 years |
| 55 | Architectural Technology with Professional Practice Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Bedfordshire | 4 years |
| 56 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Anglia Ruskin University | 3 years |
| 57 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Arts University Bournemouth | 3 years |
| 58 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Bath Spa University | 3 years |
| 59 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 3 years |
| 60 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Brighton | 3 years |
| 61 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 3 years |
| 62 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Cambridge | 3 years |
| 63 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Cardiff Metropolitan University | 3 years |
| 64 | Architecture | MArch (Hons) | Cardiff University | 5 years |
| 65 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | University of Central Lancashire | 3 years |
| 66 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | Coventry University | 3 years |
| 67 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 3 years |
| 68 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | De Montfort University | 3 years |
| 69 | Architecture | MArch Studies | University of Dundee | 5 years |
| 70 | Architecture | MA (Hons) | The University of Edinburgh | 4 years |
| 71 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Falmouth University | 3 years |
| 72 | Architecture | BArch (Hons) | Glasgow School of Art | 5 years |
| 73 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Gloucestershire | 3 years |
| 74 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Greenwich | 3 years |
| 75 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Hertfordshire | 4 years |
| 76 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Kent | 3 years |
| 77 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Kingston University | 3 years |
| 78 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Lancaster University | 3 years |
| 79 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Leeds Beckett University | 3 years |
| 80 | Architecture | MEng (Hon) | University of Leeds | 5 years |
| 81 | Architecture | BArch | University of Lincoln | 3 years |
| 82 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Liverpool John Moores University | 3 years |
| 83 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Liverpool | 3 years |
| 84 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | London Metropolitan University | 3 years |
| 85 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | London South Bank University | 3 years |
| 86 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Manchester Metropolitan University | 3 years |
| 87 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Manchester | 3 years |
| 88 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Newcastle University | 3 years |
| 89 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Northumbria University, Newcastle | 3 years |
| 90 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Norwich University of the Arts | 3 years |
| 91 | Architecture | BArch (Hons) | Nottingham Trent University | 3 years |
| 92 | Architecture | MArch | Nottingham Trent University | 2 years |
| 93 | Architecture | BArch (Hons) | University of Nottingham | 3 years |
| 94 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Oxford Brookes University | 3 years |
| 95 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Plymouth | 3 years |
| 96 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Portsmouth | 4 years |
| 97 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | Queen’s University Belfast | 3 years |
| 98 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Ravensbourne University London | 3 years |
| 99 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 3 years |
| 100 | Architecture | MArch | Robert Gordon University | 6 years |
| 101 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | University of Salford | 3 years |
| 102 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | Sheffield Hallam University | 3 years |
| 103 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Sheffield | 3 years |
| 104 | Architecture | BArch (Hons) | Staffordshire University | 3 years |
| 105 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Suffolk | 3 years |
| 106 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | UCL (University College London) | 3 years |
| 107 | Architecture | Msci (Hon) | UCL (University College London) | 5 years |
| 108 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | Ulster University | 3 years |
| 109 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of the Arts London | 3 years |
| 110 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Westminster, London | 3 years |
| 111 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | University of Wales Trinity Saint David | 3 years |
| 112 | Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Winchester | 3 years |
| 113 | Architecture | BSc (Hons) | University of Wolverhampton | 3 years |
| 114 | Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 1) | BSc (Hons) | University of East London | 3 years |
| 115 | Architecture (Degree Apprenticeship) | BA (Hons) | University of Portsmouth | 4 years |
| 116 | Architecture (Foundation Entry) | BSc (Hons) | University of Central Lancashire | 4 years |
| 117 | Architecture (including foundation year) | BA (Hons) | London Metropolitan University | 8 years |
| 118 | Architecture (including Year 0) | BA (Hons) | Norwich University of the Arts | 4 years |
| 119 | Architecture (MArch) | MArch (Hons) | University of Salford | 2 years |
| 120 | Architecture (Professional Placement Year) | BA (Hons) | Bath Spa University | 4 years |
| 121 | Architecture (Top-up) | BA (Hons) | London Metropolitan University | 2 years |
| 122 | Architecture (with Foundation Year) | BA (Hons) | Bath Spa University | 4 years |
| 123 | Architecture (with Foundation Year) | BSc (Hons) | University of East London | 4 years |
| 124 | Architecture (with Integrated Foundation Year) | BA (Hons) | University of Brighton | 4 years |
| 125 | Architecture (with Integrated Foundation Year) | BA (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 4 years |
| 126 | Architecture (with Integrated International Foundation Year) | BA (Hons) | University for the Creative Arts | 4 years |
| 127 | Architecture (with Placement year) | BA (Hons) | Anglia Ruskin University | 4 years |
| 128 | Architecture (with placement year) | BArch (Hons) | Loughborough University | 4 years |
| 129 | Architecture / Architecture (International) (RIBA Part 1) | BA (Hons) | University of Huddersfield | 3 years |
| 130 | Architecture [with Foundation Year] | BSc (Hons) | Anglia Ruskin University | 4 years |
| 131 | Architecture and Built Environment Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | Northumbria University, Newcastle | 4 years |
| 132 | Architecture and Environmental Design | MEng (Hon) | University of Nottingham | 4 years |
| 133 | Architecture and Environmental Design | BSc (Hons) | University of Westminster, London | 3 years |
| 134 | Architecture and Environmental Design with Foundation | BSc (Hons) | University of Westminster, London | 4 years |
| 135 | Architecture and Environmental Engineering | BEng (Hon) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 4 years |
| 136 | Architecture and Environmental Engineering (with Foundation Year) | BEng (Hon) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 5 years |
| 137 | Architecture and Landscape | BA (Hons) | University of Sheffield | 3 years |
| 138 | Architecture and Planning | BA (Hons) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 4 years |
| 139 | Architecture and Planning (with Foundation Year) | BA (Hons) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 5 years |
| 140 | Architecture and Urban Planning | BA (Hons) | Newcastle University | 3 years |
| 141 | Architecture Design and Technology | Master in Science (with Honours) – MSci (Hon) | Coventry University | 4 years |
| 142 | Architecture with Arts Foundation Year | BA (Hons) | University of Lincoln | 4 years |
| 143 | Architecture with Foundation | BA (Hons) | University of Westminster, London | 4 years |
| 144 | Architecture with Foundation Year | BA (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 4 years |
| 145 | Architecture with Foundation Year | BA (Hons) | Liverpool John Moores University | 4 years |
| 146 | Architecture with Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Wolverhampton | 4 years |
| 147 | Architecture with International Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 4 years |
| 148 | Architecture with professional placement | BSc (Hons) | University of Bath | 4 years |
| 149 | Architecture with Professional Placement Year | BA (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 4 years |
| 150 | Art History and English | MA (Hons) | University of Aberdeen | 4 years |
| 151 | Art History and French | MA (Hons) | University of Aberdeen | 4 years |
| 152 | Art History and French (5 yrs) | MA (Hons) | University of Aberdeen | 5 years |
| 153 | Art History and Spanish & Latin American Studies | MA (Hons) | University of Aberdeen | 4 years |
| 154 | Art History and Visual Culture | BA (Hons) | University of Brighton | 3 years |
| 155 | Building Surveying | BSc (Hons) | University of Portsmouth | 4 years |
| 156 | Building Surveying | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 3 years |
| 157 | Building Surveying (with Work Placement) | BSc (Hons) | Edinburgh Napier University | 4 years |
| 158 | Building Surveying with International Foundation Year | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 4 years |
| 159 | Building Surveying with International Foundation Year (January entry) | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 4 years |
| 160 | Civil and Infrastructure Engineering | MEng (Hon) | City, University of London | 4 years |
| 161 | Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (with Placement) | BEng (Hon) | City, University of London | 4 years |
| 162 | Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (with placement) | MEng (Hon) | City, University of London | 5 years |
| 163 | Civil Engineering | MEng (Hon) | University of Leeds | 5 years |
| 164 | Civil Engineering | BEng (Hon) | Loughborough University | 3 years |
| 165 | Civil Engineering | MEng (Hon) | Loughborough University | 4 years |
| 166 | Civil Engineering (with placement year) | MEng (Hon) | Loughborough University | 5 years |
| 167 | Civil Engineering (with placement year) | BEng (Hon) | Loughborough University | 4 years |
| 168 | Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering with a Foundation Year | BEng (Hon) | Loughborough University | 4 years |
| 169 | Civil Engineering and Architecture | MEng (Hon) | University of Southampton | 4 years |
| 170 | Civil Engineering and Architecture with Foundation Year | MEng (Hon) | University of Southampton | 5 years |
| 171 | Civil Engineering and Architecture with Industrial Placement Year | MEng (Hon) | University of Southampton | 5 years |
| 172 | Civil Engineering with Architecture | MEng (Hon) | University of Glasgow | 5 years |
| 173 | Civil Engineering with Architecture | BEng (Hon) | University of Glasgow | 4 years |
| 174 | Classical Archaeology and Ancient History | BA (Hons) | University of Oxford | 3 years |
| 175 | Classical Archaeology and Ancient History with Foundation Year | BA (Hons) | University of Oxford | 4 years |
| 176 | Construction | HNC | Chichester College Group | 2 years |
| 177 | Construction and Built Environment | HNC | Chichester College Group | 2 years |
| 178 | Construction and the Built Environment (Civil Engineering) | HNC | South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College) | 1 year |
| 179 | Construction and the Built Environment (Civil Engineering) – HND | HND | South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College) | 1 year |
| 180 | Construction Management | BSc (Hons) | University of Bedfordshire | 3 years |
| 181 | Construction Management | FdSc | University of Bedfordshire | 2 years |
| 182 | Construction Management | HNC | University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) | 1 year |
| 183 | Construction Management (Architectural Technology) | BSc (Hons) | University Centre Colchester at Colchester Institute | 4 years |
| 184 | Construction Management (top up) | BSc (Hons) | University of Bedfordshire | 1 year |
| 185 | Construction Management (with Foundation Year) | BSc (Hons) | University of Bedfordshire | 4 years |
| 186 | Construction Management and Surveying | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 3 years |
| 187 | Design for Future Living | BA (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 3 years |
| 188 | Engineering and Architectural Design | MEng (Hon) | UCL (University College London) | 4 years |
| 189 | Global Design Engineering | MEng (Hon) | The Engineering & Design Institute London | 4 years |
| 190 | Global Design Engineering | CertHE | The Engineering & Design Institute London | 1 year |
| 191 | Global Design Engineering | BEng (Hon) | The Engineering & Design Institute London | 3 years |
| 192 | History of Art | BA (Hons) | Goldsmiths, University of London | 3 years |
| 193 | Interior and Spatial Design with Foundation Year | BA (Hons) | Buckinghamshire New University | 4 years |
| 194 | Interior Architecture | BA (Hons) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 3 years |
| 195 | Interior Architecture | BA (Hons) | Liverpool John Moores University | 3 years |
| 196 | Interior Architecture | BSc (Hons) | University of Salford | 3 years |
| 197 | Interior Architecture | BA (Hons) | University of Westminster, London | 3 years |
| 198 | Interior Architecture (with Foundation Year) | BA (Hons) | Bristol, University of the West of England | 4 years |
| 199 | Interior Architecture (with Integrated Foundation Year) | BA (Hons) | University of Brighton | 4 years |
| 200 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | Arts University Bournemouth | 3 years |
| 201 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 3 years |
| 202 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | University of Gloucestershire | 3 years |
| 203 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | University of Hertfordshire | 3 years |
| 204 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | London Metropolitan University | 4 years |
| 205 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | Nottingham Trent University | 4 years |
| 206 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | Nottingham Trent University | 3 years |
| 207 | Interior Architecture and Design | BA (Hons) | University of Portsmouth | 4 years |
| 208 | Interior Architecture and Design (with preparatory semester) | BA (Hons) | London Metropolitan University | 3 years |
| 209 | Interior Architecture and Venue Design | BA (Hons) | University of Derby | 3 years |
| 210 | Landscape Architecture with Urban Design | BA (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 3 years |
| 211 | Landscape Architecture with Urban Design with Foundation Year | BA (Hons) | Birmingham City University | 4 years |
| 212 | Modelmaking | BA (Hons) | Arts University Bournemouth | 3 years |
| 213 | Online Structured BA (Hons) Interior Design | BA (Hons) | KLC School of Design | 5 years |
| 214 | Quantity Surveying | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 3 years |
| 215 | Quantity Surveying (with Work Placement) | BSc (Hons) | Edinburgh Napier University | 4 years |
| 216 | Quantity Surveying with International Foundation Year (January entry) | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 4 years |
| 217 | Quantity Surveying with International Foundation Year (September Entry) | BSc (Hons) | University of Reading | 4 years |
| 218 | Real Estate Surveying (With Work Placement) | BSc (Hons) | Edinburgh Napier University | 4 years |
| 219 | Structural and Architectural Engineering | MEng (Hon) | University of Bath | 4 years |
| 220 | Structural and Architectural Engineering | BEng (Hon) | University of Bath | 3 years |
| 221 | Structural and Architectural Engineering with professional placement | BEng (Hon) | University of Bath | 4 years |
| 222 | Structural and Architectural Engineering with professional placement | MEng (Hon) | University of Bath | 5 years |
| 223 | Structural Engineering and Architecture | MEng (Hon) | University of Sheffield | 4 years |
| 224 | Structural Engineering and Architecture with an Industrial Placement Year | MEng | University of Sheffield | 5 years |
| 225 | Structural Engineering with Architecture | MEng (Hon) | University of Dundee | 5 years |
| 226 | Structural Engineering with Architecture | MEng (Hon) | The University of Edinburgh | 5 years |
| 227 | Structural Engineering with Architecture | BEng (Hon) | The University of Edinburgh | 4 years |
| 228 | Structural Engineering with Architecture | MEng (Hon) | Queen’s University Belfast | 4 years |
| 229 | Structural Engineering with Architecture (with a Year in Industry) | MEng (Hon) | Queen’s University Belfast | 5 years |
| 230 | Urban Landscape Architecture | BA (Hons) | Ravensbourne University London | 3 years |
| 231 | Urban Planning | MA (Hons) | University of Dundee | 4 years |
