Architectural Technology
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An Architectural Technologist is a technical designer skilled in the application and integration of architectural and construction technologies in the building design process.
The TU831 BSc (Honours) Architectural Technology programme is an immersive, full-time programme, which will prepare you for practice and requires attendance five days a week. A studio setting provides a structured environment in which you will work alongside other students and be exposed to a variety of teaching and learning experiences.
Project work is of a practical, hands-on nature and is supported by lectures, critiques, one-to-one tutorials, group work, and construction skills classes. The Technical Design Studio provides a focus for developing skills in three-dimensional problem-solving, including freehand drawing and model-making. Our studios are equipped to enable manual drawing and the use of PCs and personal laptops, so you can carry out your project work using a variety of media and approaches.
Studio projects develop skills in Building Information Modelling (BIM) to produce 3D digital models and 2D working drawings. The studio format offers flexibility for you to attend project-related site visits and field trips away from college. These experiences are supplemented by industry and professional presentations, and specialist structural engineering and building services workshops. Incoming students find studio learning-intensive and demanding, with a workload regularly requiring 40+ hours per week. You’re advised to buy a laptop with a minimum performance specification required to operate BIM software (available for free under an academic licence).
The programme also includes a work placement in Semester 2 of Year 3.
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Admissions Requirements
High School Diploma with CGPA of 2.4/4 plus successful completion of TU Dublin Foundation or another recognised pre-university foundation with relevant subjects 60% - 65% or High School Diploma with CGPA of 3.0/4 plus SAT score of 1090/1600 [Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 560, Math 530] OR ACT score of 21.Specific Grade Requirements in one of: Art, Construction Studies, Design & Communication Graphics, Engineering or Technology.There is an option to enter with successful completion of one year of a Bachelors Degree/Associate Degree with overall average of 2.8 GPA or above with relevant subjects at a recognised third-level or higher education institution in addition to completion of senior high school. This assessment will be on a case-by-case basis.
Notes
A charge of €3,000 is payable by each student to cover essential student services. European Union nationals attending full-time undergraduate courses are normally only required to pay the student contribution, otherwise EU nationals who are following a second or subsequent third-level course, depending on the type and duration of the previous course attended will be liable for the total annual fees. Application deadline for EU students is February 1.
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Dublin
Ireland
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