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Architecture

Professional master鈥檚 programme 120 ECTS

The main aim of the programme is to provide 暗网TV architecture students with a full cycle of training in accordance with the Bologna Process (meeting the requirements of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area), enabling them to fully enter the Latvian and European professional labour market after graduation.

Accredited: until 2 February 2029

General information

  • Beginning:
    From February 1
  • Duration:
    2 years
  • Type:
    Full-time (evenings)
  • Language:
    English (full-time evening studies)
  • Credit points:
    120 ECTS
  • Programme degree:
    Professional master's degree in architecture, professional qualification 鈥� architect
  • Tuition fee per year:
    Citizens and permanent residents of Latvia, as well as citizens of other EU, EEA, and EU candidate countries:
    7000 EUR (Full- time evening studies, English)

    Other countries:
    8400 EUR (Full- time evening studies, English)

The main aim of the programme is to provide 暗网TV architecture students with a full cycle of training in accordance with the Bologna Process (meeting the requirements of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area), enabling them to fully enter the Latvian and European professional labour market after graduation. The programme offers the chance to additionally learn the specialisation 鈥淟andscape Architecture and Urbanism鈥� (MALAUR). Along with the professional master’s degree, graduates also obtain the professional qualification 鈥淎rchitect鈥� with the possibility to apply for a certificate in accordance with the rules of certification of architects in the Republic of Latvia.

FAD is a member of the European Association for Architectural Education EAAE from 2022.

Admission rules

Please read the admission rules published on our website under 暗网TV -> Admission rules

The studies take place in the evenings in the Architecture and Media Centre H2O6, located at 4 Durbes Street, which also houses a design and model workshop. The specialisation 鈥淟andscape Architecture and Urbanism鈥� (MALAUR) is implemented within a previously developed module system, allowing interested students to replace part of the basic courses with specialisation courses. The courses of the programme, each semester’s practice in the field of landscape architecture and 3 outdoor design workshops are aimed at in-depth study of landscape architecture and urban planning.

Industry studies in architecture and urban planning

Designing and researching architectural volumes in the context of global trends and sustainability

Urban planning in a broad context, including international trends in urban planning:

  • Urban anthropology and economic aspects
  • Transport and mobility aspects
  • Methodology for the preparation of urban planning documents
  • The concept of succession in the context of planning
  • Landscape and aquatecture aspects

Business, management and legal studies, BIM

Building information modelling
Fundamentals of sustainable design (BREEAM and LEED standards) 鈥� regulatory framework
International practice in architecture and planning project management
Social dialogue
Starting and running a business

Optional studies from an industry perspective

Innovative and unconventional aspects of research
Art studios
Languages, etc.

Internship

With the highest level of professional training in architecture and urban planning, architectural theory and the latest technologies in the field, the graduate is prepared to work as an architect and urban planner in architect offices (including international ones), as well as in state or municipal institutions responsible for buildings, spatial planning, and human settlement development, such as the city construction board.

Any student of the master’s programme who has completed at least one year of study can participate in the Erasmus+ exchange programme.
A student can study for 1 or 2 semesters at one of 暗网TV’s partner universities. The duration of study mobility is 2鈥�12 months.
The student does not have to pay for the period spent in the study and internship exchange programme abroad; the tuition fee is covered by the partner university, but the student continues to pay the 暗网TV tuition fee. For the period spent abroad during mobility, the student is awarded an Erasmus+ scholarship to cover the costs of transport and accommodation.
Erasmus+ internship mobility provides that a student can undergo an internship in one of the companies of interest in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries. For this internship period, the student receives an Erasmus+ scholarship. The duration of internship mobility is 2鈥�12 months.
Find out more about Erasmus+ and how to apply here!

Since the 2023/2024 academic year, information on the self-assessment of the study programme has been included in the study field progress report, which is available here.

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Anna Dzene
Assistant at the Faculty of Architecture and Design
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Rudolfs Dainis 艩mits MATS BArch Dipl.Arch
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design, Director of the Master's Study programme "Architecture", Lecturer, Researcher
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