The Architectural Association (AA) is the oldest school of architecture in the UK. It was founded in 1847 as a student-centred collective that aspired to radically transform architectural education.
The school offers a broad range of flexible, self-directed programmes, courses and curricula that empower students and staff to challenge accepted methods within contemporary architectural education and professional practice. These are enhanced by the Public Programme, which focuses on the unique opportunities and challenges of the present through a series of lectures, exhibitions, studio visits, symposia and book launches, and by the Communications Studio, a media, publishing and graphic design studio.
The school offers a Foundation Award, a BA (Hons) Architecture (RIBA Part 1) and MArch (RIBA Part 2) throughout its five-year course within the Intermediate and Diploma programmes, and ten taught postgraduate programmes as well as the PhD programme, a RIBA-accredited Part 3 course, a Summer School and Visiting Schools based around the world.
