Architecture 

The architectural profession offers a wide range of specialisations, from management to technology and design. Students will be able to register with the following professional bodies/institutes:

• South African Council for the Architectural Profession
• South African Institute for Architectural Technologists
• Some Provincial Institutes of the SA Institute of Architects

Benefits of studying this course at UJ

• Expert lecturers
• Small classes
• State-of-the art computer facilities equipped with the latest architectural software
• The reputation and accreditation offered by the UJ
• The department is situated within the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture Building with a total of 1250 creative students. This allows for a multidisciplinary approach to design education and exposes the students to other design disciplines
• Support services and extra-curricula activities offered by UJ including:
  - writing centre,
  - career and psychological services,
  - arts centre,
  - sports bureau

Modules

First Year

• Applied Building Science 1
• Communication 1
• Presentation 1
• Computer Applications 1
• Construction and Detailing 1
• History and Appreciation of Architecture 1
• Studio Work 1

Second Year

• Architectural Practice 2
• Construction and Detailing 2
• Studio Work 2
• Practical Studies 2

Third Year

• Computer-Aided Draughting 3
• Survey and Landscaping 3
• Construction and Detailing 3
• Principles of Architectural Design 3
• Building Services 3
• Office Practice 3
• Studio Work 3

Duration

Three years full-time.

Entrance requirements

Entrance Requirements: Applicants currently in Grade 12 or completed high school in 2008

A minimum APS of 23 is required to apply for the programme. Mathematical Literacy is not accepted for this programme. The Life Orientation score is divided by 2 when calculating the total APS. Click here for full details on calculating the APS score, the relevant minimum score required per subject.

Entrance Requirements: Completed high school before 2008

This scoring system is used if the applicant completed school prior to 2008 or A/O levels. A minimum M-score of 12, with a minimum of three subjects on higher grade and an E-symbol or higher grade in Mathematics or a C-symbol or higher in standard grade Mathematics, is required to apply for the programme. Click here for full details on calculating the M-score.

Applicants meeting the minimum entrance requirements (APS or M-score) will be invited to attend an entrance assessment and to submit a prescribed portfolio.

Selection Criteria

Selection is based on an entrance assessment and the submission of a prescribed portfolio.

The entrance assessment will be conducted by the UJ Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development (PsyCaD). Invited applicants must make a booking to attend one of the following selection assessments (4½ hours) starting at 08:45:

Monday, 20 August
Monday, 27 August
Monday, 3 September
Saturday, 15 September
Monday, 1 October
Monday, 8 October
Monday, 22 October
Saturday, 3 November

Cost: R200

Venue: D Les 303, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus (Cnr University and Kingsway Roads) - not the campus where the Architecture Department is situated. 

Bookings: Tahir/Phumzile +27 (0)11 559 3106/3110/2394/3324 or email sugrettadt@uj.ac.za

Within two weeks of attending one the earlier entrance assessments indicated above, but no later than 5 November 2012, applicants must submit a prescribed portfolio as described below. 

Portfolio Requirements

Please download the pdf brochure for this programme for the porfolio requirements

Please see the rubric of how the portfolio will be evaluated by clicking here

Portfolio Deadline

Portfolios must be submitted within two weeks of the applicant’s attending the selection testing but no later than 5 November 2012.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the assessment in an official letter, and the portfolios must be collected by 31 January 2013.

The portfolio must be sent via a courier company or delivered to:

Departmental Secretary
Department of Architecture
FADA Building
Bunting Road Campus
University of Johannesburg
Cottesloe
Johannesburg
Contact telephone number (011) 559 1115