The Course
CAO Code LM099

The School of Architecture at the University of Limerick offers a 5-year undergraduate degree in architecture, commencing in September 2005. The objective of the school is to educate architects with a strong set of integrated skills, balanced with the environment - built, existing and imagined - and vital to professional practice. The School of Architecture is seeking professional accreditation from the RIAI for the degree in architecture.

The syllabus is organised over a five-year course with the emphasis on architectural design, taught through the design studio. The design studio is the focus of an architectural education, and is the laboratory through which all other subjects are taught.  Woven into the design studio will be courses of study in structures (structural engineering), environmental science (environmental engineering), history (of architecture, society, technology) philosophy, sociology, law and management (professional practice). The course is designed to equip our students with a broad range of skills fundamental to becoming an architect. These skills include hand drawing, sketching, model-making, wood working, metal fabrication, photography, computer-aided drawing, audiovisual and verbal presentation, as well as core skills including problem solving and working with other people. The study of architecture is rigorous, challenging and requires students firmly committed to the discipline.