What is special about this course?

This course has been designed to provide an additional access route to degree study in the built environment. 

Taught in the same culture and environment as the architectural technology degree, you will become immersed in practical design studio work, with projects allowing you to build a strong portfolio of work to take on to degree level study.  

Successful completion of the course will give you direct entry to year two of the degree programme. 

Inverness College UHI also has a limited number of places on this course for local senior phase pupils to study in their sixth year at school. Students taking this option can go on to complete the honours degree with us in three years and potentially start earning a graduate salary a year early.  

Special features

• Access to degree study
• Access to digital design studios
• Practical focus and project work

Accommodation

We offer modern student accommodation at a number of our locations.

Entry requirements

• 2 Highers at C or above preferably in Maths, Physics, Graphic Communication, Design and Manufacture, Art and Design, Geography, English)
• Alternatively, the completion of a Foundation Apprenticeship Civil Engineering

Year 1 - HNC

Mandatory units:

• Architectural Design Sketching and Drawing
• Architectural Procedures
• Building Services in Large Building
• Construction Materials and Specification
• Construction Technology: Substructure
• Construction Technology: Industrial/Commercial Superstructure
• Design of Building Structures
• Statutory Control of Buildings
• Architectural Technology: Graded Unit

You will also study either:

• CAD: 2D1 or
• CAD: 2D 2

Option units include:

• Building Measurement and Cost Studies
• Building Services: An Introduction
• Building Services: Heating, Lighting and Acoustics
• Construction Technology: Domestics Construction
• Construction Industry Fundamentals
• Building Science
• Health and Safety in Construction
• Mathematics for Construction
• Personal Development Planning
• Quality in Construction
• Scottish Law for Construction
• Site Administration
• Standard Forms of Construction Contract
• Structural Mechanics
• Sustainability and Modern Methods
• Mathematics for the Built Environment

Fees

For students normally domiciled in Scotland or the European Union/EEA (outside of the UK) and with a term time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

Rest of UK students

For students normally domiciled in the rest of the UK (England, Wales and N. Ireland) and with a term time address in Scotland studying this course, the following fees apply:

Fees are payable in advance each academic year unless otherwise agreed.

There are a number of funding options available to UK and EU students to help you pay for your studies and your cost of living whilst studying.

International students

For students who do not normally reside in the UK or European Union and with a term-time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

*There is no part-time study option for Tier 4 sponsored international students.

Funding

External scholarships and financial support may be available. Contact your enrolling college for more information.