Architecture, Bachelor of Engineering

Admission requirements

The prerequisites for starting a degree in Architecture are creativity, an interest in building arts and cultural influences – but also a connection to handicraft and construction-related topics as well as scientific questions. Mathematics lectures, which are mandatory for most engineering courses, are not part of the Architecture degree. Instead, the technical content is taught through concrete construction-related questions, for example by exercises in building physics and structural calculations.

There is no Numerus Clausus at hochschule 21.

Regardless of whether you already have a practical contract (employment contract with a company) or not, you must in any case apply via our online application portal.

• The application deadline is 28 February each year for the start of studies in the same year.
• The admission procedure begins with the application. You will then be invited early to an aptitude test, which is also combined with a selection interview. Both will be conducted on the same day. This will probably take place in mid-March, regardless of when your application was received.
• According to the order in which applications are received, you will be assigned a date chronologically.
• As a result of the admission procedure, you will receive at the end of March
  a) an offer of a study place (admission),
  b) a place on the waiting list or
  c) a rejection.
• A second date for the admission procedure can take place in summer (after 15 July). At this date, study places may still be allocated that have become available, for example due to late acceptance of study places.

Details

The practice-oriented dual architecture degree produces technically skilled architects. They work in architecture and planning firms as well as in the construction and real estate industries, but also in building authorities, design agencies, and cultural institutions. Our built environment offers a whole range of exciting topics for which specialists will continue to be needed in the future: the conversion of existing buildings, the modernization and refurbishment of old buildings with a focus on preserving value and urban planning aspects, the enhancement of entire city districts, and of course new construction projects ranging from simple single-family homes to large hospitals. These topics constitute a large part of the assignments in the construction sector and are therefore also at the centre of the dual bachelor's degree in Architecture at hochschule 21.