Applications for the
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE HONOURS (144C) B.Arch.Hons Programme for
2024 is open and will close on 30th November 2023.
The programme offering is either full time (1 year) or part time (2
years).
All applications need to be completed online via the UKZN website: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/
Click on “2024 UKZN application is now open”
At the bottom “Click on Apply here online”.
Entrance
requirements:
1. Applicants are eligible to apply to register for the qualification
of Bachelor of Architecture Honours if they have previously been awarded
an undergraduate qualification in architecture at NQF level 7
with a minimum of 60% average across all modules and a
minimum of 60% for the Architectural Design module(s) and Theory of
Architecture module(s) at exit level.
2. Applicants with an academic average between 50% and 60%
across all modules are required to obtain at least two years of work
experience in architecture, before being eligible to apply to
register for the qualification of Bachelor of Architecture Honours.
3. All applications are to be supported with an Architectural Design
Portfolio (digital) assessed as satisfactory by the Discipline.
The portfolio should demonstrate evidence of the applicant’s level of
critical thinking, architectural design process and technical abilities.
The portfolio should include selected
architectural projects that demonstrate the critical
process for research and design approaches to architectural problems,
technical resolution, documentation and professional practice acumen,
in A3 format, as an electronic submission.
The portfolio should a single pdf document and not be more than 20 megabytes (MB)
in size. It is to be submitted electronically via email to our Post graduate
administrator Ms Nolundi Mzolo, archapplications@ukzn.ac.za
Each portfolio is evaluated by a panel constituted by the
Architecture Admissions Committee. A criterion based assessment
approach will be utilised, in the form of rubrics / mark memos in
order to maintain high quality, fair, transparent and consistent
assessment of portfolios.
*Please note that meeting these requirements does
not guarantee a place. Final selection is made subject to the
availability of places, academic results and the admissions committee
criterion.
