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Architecture

Architecture offers a unique blend of artistic imagination, skills and scientific knowledge
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Architecture at Cambridge offers a rigorous and inspiring bland of topics, including architectural history and theory, principles of construction, structural design and environmental design. In the third year, you also take courses in areas such as management, professional practice and law. The core of the teaching, known as ‘studio’, takes place in the Department’s Studio Building, where each student can claim their own design space and access workshop, photographic and printing facilities. The environment is welcoming and it is easy to establish a firm foothold in the Department alongside the other members of your cohort. Further information about the course can be found on the .  

Architecture at Murray Edwards

At Murray Edwards, we admit 1-2 Architecture undergraduates each year. We are a strong community, and students often collaborate regardless of which year of study they are in. Opportunities to engage with the wider Cambridge Architecture cohort abound, both as an inherent aspect of your studies and in relation to extra-curricular events organised by the Department and by ArcSoc, the dynamic student-run Architecture society. These include talks, debates, drawing classes, film showings and parties, and an inspiring end-of-year exhibition of student work.

Typical offer

A Level: A*AA

IB: 42 (776)

Required subjects

No specific subjects are required.

Admissions assessment

Applicants are required to take written and practical assessments if invited for interview. You do not need to register in advance for these assessments. The College will provide details directly to you. Check the page for more details. 

Written work

Applicants are required to submit a PDF (6 A4 pages, and less than 15MB in size) of their own artwork. The selection of images should, in part, reflect material you might bring to interview as part of your portfolio.

Portfolio

Applicants invited to interview are expected to show a portfolio of recent work at the interview. This does not need to be architectural in nature (plans, sections, etc.). It should be something that illustrates your interests, experience, and ability in the visual and material arts. It may include drawings, paintings, sculpture and/or photography, and the work can be material prepared for school examinations and/or creative work executed outside formal courses. If you would like to show us some three-dimensional work then it is typically sufficient to show us using photographs.

Further information about the written work and portfolio requirements is available (under the entry requirements tab). You can also see examples of portfolios on the ArcSoc website .