Architecture

Bachelor’s

Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B. A.)
Length of Study: 8 semesters
Course content: German
Enrolment: any winter semester (limited places)
Application deadline for the first semester: May to 15th July each year (winter semester)
Application deadlines for a higher semester: November until 15.01. of each year (summer term), May until 15.07. of each year (winter term)
Pre-Internship: evidence of 12-week pre-training/-internship for admission to practical semester

Your future with a degree in Architecture

Planning construction projects, urban development, monument preservation, energy consulting - the fields of activity for graduates of the bachelor's degree in architecture are diverse. Both creativity and engineering knowledge are required for everyone when it comes to modernising or creating buildings under design, functional, technical and economic aspects.

Good reasons to study Architecture at Kiel UAS

  • newly developed course of study that focuses on the topics of tomorrow (green building, digitalisation, innovation)
  • a four-year bachelor's programme that enables a direct path to a professional qualification
  • experienced university teachers
  • a study plan that includes a pre-internship, a practical semester and, optionally, an dual-study/sandwich course of study
  • part of a network of international partner universities that promotes mobility and foreign stays and experience
  • topics are considered from technical, economic, cultural, material and ideal aspects

Curriculum

1st semester of study:

  • Design I
  • Building Construction I
  • Presentation I (freehand drawing)
  • Material Science I
  • Structural Engineering I
  • History and Theory of Architecture and City I
  • Elective Module – Interdisciplinary Course

2nd semester of study

  • Design II
  • Building Construction II
  • Presentation II (2D)
  • Construction Theory I
  • Structural Engineering II
  • Building Physics
  • Elective Module – Interdisciplinary Course

3rd semester of study

  • Building Construction III
  • Presentation III (3D CAD)
  • Construction Theory II
  • Construction and Planning Law I
  • Project I (Architecture)
  • Elective Module - Interdisciplinary Course

4th semester of study

  • Construction
  • Presentation IV (BIM)
  • Urban and Regional Planning
  • Building Technology I
  • Project II (City)
  • Elective Module - Interdisciplinary Course

5th semester of study

  • Construction Management and Construction Economics I
  • Presentation V (visual and verbal communication)
  • History and Theory of Architecture and City II
  • Building Technology II
  • Project III (construction)
  • Elective Module - Interdisciplinary Course

6th semester of study

  • Obligatory internship
  • Elective Module – Interdisciplinary Course

7th semester of study

  • Project IV (free project)
  • Elective Module
  • Elective Module -  Interdisciplinary Course

8th semester of study

  • Impromptu Designs
  • Thesis
  • Colloquium
  • Elective Module -  Interdisciplinary Course

Focus on “Green Building”

Elective Modules to be taken:

  • Sustainable Panning and Construction
  • History and Theory of Sustainable Planning
  • Special Topics from Green Building
  • Green Building Project Work

Focus on "Timber Construction"

Elective modules to be taken:

  • Building Construction IV (timber construction)
  • Constructing and Designing with Wood
  • Special Topics from Timber Construction
  • Timber Construction project work

Focus on “Digital Planning and Design”

Elective modules to be taken:

  • BIM
  • Digital Fabrication
  • Special Topics from Digital Planning and Design
  • Digital Planning and Design Project Work

Focus on "Planning, Process and Control"

Elective modules to be taken:

  • Building and Planning Law II
  • Construction Management and Construction Economics II
  • Special Topics from Planning, Process and Control
  • Planning, Process and Control project work

Application

Application for the first semester of study

  • May until 15th July of each year (winter semester)

Information on application deadlines and procedures for applicants with a foreign higher education entrance qualification can be found at www.fh-kiel.de/studium/studieninteressierte/internationale-bewerbungen/

This is a legal exclusion period. This means that applications for admission and application documents that arrive after the above-mentioned deadlines at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences - Admissions Office - (at Uni-Assist for applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification) will no longer be considered. If the end of an exclusion period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the period ends with the end of the corresponding day and is not extended until the end of the next working day in accordance with § 43 paragraph 7 of the University Admissions Regulations - HZVO. The date of receipt at Kiel University of Applied Sciences applies!!! Late submissions beyond this date are also not possible. Incomplete documents or documents received late will be excluded from the selection process. Student applications received by fax or e-mail are invalid and are also excluded from the allocation process.

Documents to be submitted (as an upload in the online application):

  1. certificate of university entrance qualification
  2. certificate of change of name (e.g. marriage certificate)
  3. certificate of exmatriculation if the same degree program is/was previously being taken in which admission for a first semester is sought
  4. If applicable, certificate of services performed (military or community service, FSJ, FÖJ or service in the sense of the Development Aid Act - certificate of service)
  5. if applicable, proof of completed vocational training (examination certificate)
  6. complete proof of previous periods of study via study certificates
  7. proof of previous achievements (when applying for a higher semester)
  8. if already available, proof of sufficient German language skills for applicants without a German university entrance qualification (enrolment requirement in the event of admission)
  9. second degree additionally: certificate of the completed professional first degree, certificate of study, certificate of exmatriculation and a detailed written justification. Applicants may only name one course. More information can be found here.

After deduction of the so-called preliminary quotas (e.g., quota for foreigners, hardship cases, second degree), 20% of the study places are allocated according to the grade point average of the university entrance qualification and 20% of the study places according to the waiting time. The other 60% are distributed according to university selection quota. This also provides for a grade point average of the university entrance qualification.

The waiting time counts from the point at which the university entrance qualification is obtained. Periods of study at a German university are deducted from the waiting time.

If a decision has to be made for applicants with the same grade point average for the university entrance qualification, the waiting time is used as a second selection criterion. The same applies to the selection based on the waiting time. If a decision has to be made for applicants with the same number of waiting semesters, the average grade of the university entrance qualification is used as a second selection criterion.

The notifications of admission and the rejection notifications of the main procedure are issued approx. 2-3 weeks after the application deadline. If an application is rejected, the candidate has the opportunity to participate in a lottery. A lottery procedure takes place if there are still individual places left for the degree programme after the main procedure, the succession procedure and enrolment.

You will be informed of the enrolment deadline with the notification of admission. If you do not enrol in time, your entitlement to a place on the course becomes irrevocable. More information about enrolment can be found here.

You are informed of the enrolment deadline with the notification of admission. If enrolment is not made on time, the right to the study place expires irrevocably. You can find more information on enrolment here.

There is a compulsory fee charged each semester for the Student Services Authority, the student body and the semester travel ticket.

Also, there is an administration charge for enrolment. This charge is non-refundable.

Additional information on the above-mentioned fees and charges

 

Contact

Postal Address

Fachhochschule Kiel
Student Secretariat
Sokratesplatz 1
24149 Kiel

Tel.: 0431 210 1339

E-Mail: studieninformation(at)fh-kiel.de

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