BA Architecture and Urban Planning
About this course
BA Honours in Architecture, Human Geography and Planning. Core topics include research methods, ethics and professional practice, entrepreneurship, and design and creative practice. The programme offers accredited pathways in Architecture through the Architects Registration Board and in Urban Design through the Royal Town Planning Institute. A Landscape Architecture route is available via a year in Landscape practice.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 79%: 108 offers from 137 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 70%
- Learning opportunities: 67%
- Assessment and feedback: 55%
- Academic support: 77%
- Organisation and management: 50%
- Learning resources: 82%
- Student voice: 47%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 24 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals: 38%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals: 21%
- Elementary occupations: 5%
- Sales occupations: 3%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 3%
- Find their work meaningful: 100%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 90%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 70%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 18%
- North West: 17%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 15%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 23%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 3%
- Scotland: 2%
- Northern Ireland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 50 students who started
- A levels: 80%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Architectural and Planning Histories of the City
- Planning Contexts
- Architectural Design 1.1
- Architectural Technology 1.1: Explorations in Making Architecture
- Architectural Technology 1.2: Principles of Constructing Architecture
- Introduction to Architecture
- Alternative Practice: Theories and Practices
- Visual and Creative Practice Research Skills
- Living Communally
- Relational Mapping, Design and Representation
- Participation: Theories & Practice
- Refugees and Displacement: Borders, Camps, and Asylum
- Houses and Homes
- Researching Local Economies
- Understanding Cities
- Digital Civics
- Urban Infrastructures: A Lens on the City
- Global Course on Institutional Design for Spatial Planning
- Dissertation in Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape
- Alternative Practice: Co-producing Space
- Chinese Cultural History and Urban Development
- Green Infrastructure for contemporary urban challenges
- Climate Literacy: Philosophies to Practice
- Climate Literacy: From philosophies to practice
- Landscape Architecture Studio 2: City as Landscape
- Landscape Architecture Studio 2: Materiality of Landscape
- Construction, Energy and Professional Practice
- Architectural Technology 2: Construction in Detail
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship with Lean Innovation
- Mapping the City
- Career Development for final year students
- Strategies into Action: Planning
- Development Management
- Study Abroad
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Architecture and Urban Planning at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £31,000 after 15 months, £30,000 after 3 years, £37,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £30,000 and £45,500. The £37,000 median after five years is £8,000 more than the UK median for Architecture.
What do graduates of BA Architecture and Urban Planning at Newcastle University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Architecture and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
70% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Architecture and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 135 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Architecture and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
79% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 108 offers from 137 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Architecture and Urban Planning at Newcastle University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Architecture and Urban Planning at Newcastle University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.