Architecture with a Foundation Year
A foundation year is a great way to take your first step to becoming a qualified Architect, this course will help you develop your design skills, technical capability and portfolio in order to enrol on our Architecture BA and realise your ambition.
Architects imagine new environments and think about how people want to live in the 21st century. They consider how those environments can be created to achieve a sustainable future. If you have vision, enjoy challenging yourself and are looking to kick-start your career, study architecture at Kent.
Choose our RIBA accredited course to explore the relationship between people and spaces on a degree that balances technical skills, design work and professional experience. It's not just about creating beautiful buildings; you'll lead on projects, solve complex problems and learn to communicate your ideas.
Your future
As a Kent Architecture graduate, you’ll have learnt how to be an architect through our creative studio culture. You’ll also make important connections thanks to our links with architectural industry bodies and professional practices such as:
Farrells
Allies and Morrison
Purcell
Guy Hollaway
Arup.
The creative, planning and technical skills you develop at Kent prepare you for a role in an architectural practice or in a career related to planning, design, graphics or visualisation.
Location
Our city, your time.
It has never been a better time to study in Canterbury. Our high student population creates a vibrant, diverse and student-friendly atmosphere.
We are a hub of exciting new ideas emerging from a stunning historic city - join us and get involved!
The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations.
Foundation:
Compulsory modules currently include the following:
Project 1: Creative Exploration;
Project 2: Development Special Practice;
Project 3: Consolidating Practice.
Stage 1:
Compulsory modules currently include the following:
Studio 1A: Form and Space;
Classroom 1A: Form and Construction from the Ancient Times to Modernity;
Studio 1B: Habitation;
Classroom 1B: Science and Beauty of Light;
Studio 1C: Sustainable Building;
Classroom 1C: Survey and Interpretation of Medieval Architecture.
Stage 2:
Compulsory modules currently include the following:
Studio 2A: Landscapes;
Classroom 2A: Academic Studies 1 (Early Modern);
Studio 2B: Communities (Collab. 01);
Classroom 2B: Climate and Sustainability;
Studio 2C: Adaptive Re-use;
Classroom 2C: Academic Studies 2 (Modernity).
Stage 3:
Compulsory modules currently include the following:
Studio 3A: Urban;
Classroom 3A: Research (Collab. 02);
Studio 3B: Major Design Project 01;
Classroom 3B: Professional practice and Detailing 01;
Studio 3C: Major Design Project 02;
Classroom 3C: Professional Practice and Detailing 02.
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Kent has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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What does this TEF outcome mean?
The following entry points are available for this course:
For further information about applying to Kent as an international student you can visit our International student webpages: https://www.kent.ac.uk/international. From here you will find useful information on country entry requirements, scholarship information, events and application guidance.
Kent has dedicated support available to international students through groups, networks, English language and more specialist services through our Student Support and Wellbeing team. Visit our guide for international students to find out more on how we can support you during your time at Kent: www.kent.ac.uk/guides/support-for-international-students
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
Please visit our website for further information:https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements.html
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
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No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
All fees for 2026/27 are to be confirmed. Please see the programme page at www.kent.ac.uk for further information on fees and funding options.
Kent offers generous financial support schemes to assist eligible undergraduate students during their studies. See our funding page for more details - https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/fees-and-funding
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Phone:01227 768896
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