Educational programme
The Academy offers a Mastercourse in Architecture. It’s divided into three periods:
Basic skills (year 1), developing/deepening professional knowledge (year 2 and 3) and graduation (year 4).
Students on all three courses get to know the different disciplines by means of a number of design projects, lectures and practical assignments. All activities are centred around the development of the students' creative powers and analytical thinking.
The annual programme of study runs for a period of 42 weeks, during which students are expected to spend a minimum of twenty hours a week on their study. They spend one evening and the whole of Friday working at the Academy on the various projects, lectures and practical assignments. As part of their training, students are obliged to work in their professional field for a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 32 hours per week.
Admission requirements
Admission to the courses is restricted to those who have previously obtained a bachelors degree in architecture, building engineering, landscape engineering, urban planning & design, etc.
Degrees obtained at a foreign institute of higher education or university are compared with the admission requirements for each discipline by the NUFFIC, the Netherlands Organisation for International Co-operation for Higher Education. Every diploma student is expected to have sufficient command of the Dutch language to effectively participate in the programme of education.
In exceptional circumstances students, who do not fulfil the normal entrance requirements, may still be admitted to the course if they successfully complete an assessment procedure for which they have to be nominated by the Academy.
Selection
Diploma students
Admission to the course is possible after a selection procedure which entails the submission of a portfolio of the applicant's work as well as an assessment interview. If deemed necessary an admission exam can be part of the procedure.
Exchange students
Admission to (part of) each course is possible for students who have submitted a portfolio of recent work and who have supplied a written explanation of their reasons for wishing to attend the course. If necessary this will be followed by an admission interview.
Application / enrolment
An application form can be obtained from the administration of the Academy. Applicants are informed in writing whether they fulfil the admission requirements and are eligible for the selection procedure.
The annual course fee, set each year by the Hanzehogeschool Groningen, is € 1538,- for the academic year 2007/2008.
Further information can be obtained from the administration: avbg@org.hanze.nl.