BA in Architecture
Area of Studies
engineering, technology
Degree
Bachelor
Degree (in English)
Bachelor of Arts
Language(s)
- English
Course Duration
4 years (8 semesters) The programme starts in the beginning of October
ECTS points
240
Department
Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology
Tuition and Other Fees
5000 EUR/year
Application Deadline(s)
31st July
Course Description
Course Profile
The first degree (undergraduate) English-taught programme in Architecture comprises 8 semesters and follows the newest architectural education standards. It has earned - as the only one in Poland - two international accreditations: the Royal Institute of British Architects and the European Union Notification. Compact and student-friendly teaching blocks arrangement consists in: Integrated Design, Technical Knowledge Theory and Practice, Architectural and Urban Heritage Theory, Presentation Skills Practice, Architectural Profession Principles. The programme is conducted by the Faculty of Architecture at Cracow University of Technology as well as foreign visiting professors and experts from Europe, the USA and Canada. It is focused on quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning. This allows students to enjoy the place of study – the City of Cracow – a UNESCO listed city of heritage and always creative, rational, avant-garde, contemporary, operative, rational, innovative architecture – the best and complementary to study programme “teacher” of architectural and urban traditions and principles.
Education Requirements
Apart from an online application and submission of required documents listed in the application procedure, original hard copies of the following documents need to be sent to International Relations Office. Additionally their scans of photographs (PDF or JPG format) need to be sent to bwm@pk.edu.pl
1. Cover letter (written in English, addressed to Dean of the Faculty of Architecture)
2. Candidate’s statement confirming that all works comprising the portfolio have been prepared by the candidate in person.
3. Portfolio consisting of the following elements:
• 2 freehand drawings of nature in any technique, presenting a composition consisting of elementary solids (such as cube, cylinder, pyramid, cone, prism, cuboid, etc.) or derivatives of such solids - format B2
• 1 freehand drawing or painting of nature in any technique, presenting any still life - format B2
• 2 freehand drawings of nature, presenting any existing buildings or architectural structures - format B2
• 1 freehand drawing of nature in any technique presenting a part of a city (e.g. avenue, street, square, passage, piazza) - format B2
• 3 photographs devoted to architecture - any format
• 3 works in any technique (including computer techniques, multimedia techniques, etc.) on any topic - any format.
All EU citizens are required to take an entrance exam on 24-25 June 2019. They do not submit a portfolio.
Contact
Admission:
Ms. Anna Dębska,
adebska@pk.edu.pl,
+48 12 628 30 44
Cracow University of Technology
ul. Warszawska 24
31-155 Kraków, Poland
phone: +48 12 628 30 44
email: dwm@pk.edu.pl
www: https://www.pk.edu.pl
Study programmes
- BA in Architecture
- BSc in Civil Engineering
- BSc in Landscape Architecture
- BSc in Mechanics and Machine Design
- MA in Architecture
- MA in Landscape Architecture
- Master, Additive Manufacturing
- MSc in Applied Physics
- MSc in Chemical Technology
- MSc in Civil Engineering
- MSc in Computer Science
- MSc in Environmental and Land Engineering
- MSc in Mechanics and Machine Design
- MSc in Power Engineering