Course Overview
We approach the study of architecture as a holistic professional and personal education. Small groups with a maximum of 25 students provide plenty of room for development. Our studio house offers a pleasant atmosphere for learning and working, while proximity to the lecturers facilitates intensive support. Our students regularly deal with concrete projects that are brought to the Department of Architecture from actual practice – by cities, municipalities or associations. Overall, the Bachelor's programme offers an intensive examination of the fundamentals of architecture as the art of construction and engineering. We offer you:
- Your own workstation
- Small group learning
- Intensive support from lecturers with professional experience in the field
- Project-based work
- A laboratory for experimenting with space
- A state-recognised degree
- Design, design theory
- Building theory and building typology
- Introduction to people and architecture
- Introduction to interiors and urban space
- Fundamentals of building, building construction and building materials
- Structural theory, design, engineering and planning
- Technical expansion and resource-efficient planning and construction
- Office internship (at least 6 weeks during your studies)
- Architecture and Art (compulsory elective courses): freehand drawing and perception training, Bothmer & spatial dynamics, theory of forms, eurythmy, colour theory and colour design, drama, installation and land art, music and composition
- Architectural Representation: descriptive geometry, graphic design and model construction, computer-aided drawing, surveying and structural recording/inspection, graphic design and visualisation, moderation and presentation
- Building Culture: history of building and urban development, theory of architecture, building and law, building and the economy
- Studium Generale (compulsory elective courses): cognitive science and ethics, history of art and culture, anthropology, philosophy, aesthetics and the philosophy of art, people and society
- Project-based work
- Hands-on integration of science and technology
- Intensive support and small group learning (approx. 25 students)
- Studio work in university facilities, your own workstation
- Presentation and exhibition of the projects at the end of each semester
- General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (Abitur)
- Without a general or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification, admission is still possible by submitting a vocational school certificate and completing an aptitude test or by presenting proof of professional qualifications or another completed degree course at university level.
- Passing the entrance exam as proof of professional aptitude
- 6-week preliminary internship in the construction industry (can be submitted later upon request)
- Foreign applicants must provide proof of sufficient written and spoken German language skills by submitting a recognised language certificate (e.g. TestDaF 3, DSH 1).
- Handwritten tabular CV with passport photo
- Creative and representative photograph (DIN A4 print) of a self-made drawing, collage, painting or photograph (format of your choice) on the topic "How do I want to live?" (Please bring the original picture with you to the interview)
- Letter of Motivation (max. one DIN A4 page) on the questions "How do I want to live?", "How do I want to achieve this?", "Why do I want to study architecture and why at Alanus University?”
- Officially certified copies of documents/certificates qualifying you for admission (officially certified and stamped German translation of foreign certificates)
- Copy of official ID card
- Certificate of registration from a German health insurance provider (a copy of the insurance card is not sufficient)
- For foreign applicants: proof of sufficient German language skills (TestDaF 3, DSH 1 or an equivalent certificate)
