What is the difference between the AAs Masters courses and the AA Diploma School?
Masters courses at the AA are specialist research programmes which do not lead to any professional exemptions i.e. do not help you to become a registered architect in the UK. The minimum entry requirements for the design Masters courses is generally a five-year professional architecture degree. Graduate Programmes. ( aaschool.ac.uk/graduate ) The AA Diploma School is the 4th and 5th years of the 5 year undergraduate course at the AA. The minimum entry requirement for the 4th year is the professional qualification RIBA/ARB Part 1. If you are not already studying architecture in the UK you will need to gain exemption from this qualification from the ARB arb.org.uk PLEASE NOTE Since 1 November 2004 the ARB has changed its procedure for gaining Part 1 exemption. The fee for gaining this exemption is now £998 and the requirements are more demanding. Please contact the ARB for further details.
Masters courses at the AA are specialist research programmes which do not lead to any professional exemptions i.e. do not help you to become a registered architect in the UK. The minimum entry requirements for the design Masters courses is generally a five-year professional architecture degree. The AA Diploma School is the Fourth and Fifth years of the five-year undergraduate course at the AA. The minimum entry requirement for the Fourth Year is the professional qualification RIBA/ARB Part 1. If you are not already studying architecture in the UK you will need to gain exemption from this qualification from the ARB www.arb.org.uk. You must have gained Part 1 exemption before 31 August prior to entering the AA, and if this is not possible the AA would strongly recommend that you apply to enter the Third Year at the AA, as Part 1 can also be gained by successful completion of an academic year (three terms) of the Third Year at the AA.
