MArch (Professional)
Programme Information
The Master of Architecture (Professional) is a taught master’s degree for the purposes of registration as a candidate professional architect with the South African Council for the Architectural Profession in terms of Act 44 of 2000 and is done by coursework, projects and a design investigation mini-dissertation and design project and discourse.
Admission Requirements
A candidate for the degree programme Master of Architecture (Professional):
1) must be a graduate with a BArchHons degree or an equivalent university degree;
1) must be a graduate with a BArchHons degree or an equivalent university degree;
or
2) must have an appropriate recognised tertiary qualification at honours degree level;
or
3) must have a qualification deemed adequate by the Head of Department in consultation with the Dean and obtain (where necessary) the approval of Senate and comply with any other prescribed requirements.
Candidates mentioned in (2) and (3) above may at the discretion of the Head of Department be required to be evaluated in prerequisite fields of knowledge and/or register for additional modules for non-degree purposes.
Candidates mentioned in (1) (2) and (3) above
(i) should preferably have had practical experience and/or have done and recorded an extended study excursion;
2) must have an appropriate recognised tertiary qualification at honours degree level;
or
3) must have a qualification deemed adequate by the Head of Department in consultation with the Dean and obtain (where necessary) the approval of Senate and comply with any other prescribed requirements.
Candidates mentioned in (2) and (3) above may at the discretion of the Head of Department be required to be evaluated in prerequisite fields of knowledge and/or register for additional modules for non-degree purposes.
Candidates mentioned in (1) (2) and (3) above
(i) should preferably have had practical experience and/or have done and recorded an extended study excursion;
(ii) are interviewed for selection;
(iii) must present a portfolio and/or design journal which demonstrates the requisite level of proficiency and competency and is considered a record of their experience within the discipline;
(iv) are selected on merit.
Please Note: A limited number of candidates are admitted to this programme.
(iii) must present a portfolio and/or design journal which demonstrates the requisite level of proficiency and competency and is considered a record of their experience within the discipline;
(iv) are selected on merit.
Please Note: A limited number of candidates are admitted to this programme.
Also refer to G Regulations
CONTACT US
Undergraduate applications and admissions:
Ms Jenny van Rooyen
012 4205166
jvr2@up.ac.za
Ms Samantha Adams
012 4202450
samantha.adams@up.ac.za
Undergraduate and Honours:
Co-ordinator
Ms E Willemse
012 4202724
izette.willemse@up.ac.za
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Ms P Ngwenya
012 4204186
patience.ngwenya@up.ac.za
School for the Built Environment
Mr R Mashiloane
012 4203656
roy.mashiloane@up.ac.za
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Ms MPM Motlhamme
012 4205299
millie.motlhamme@up.ac.za
Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Ms L Rix
012 4206625
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Mechanical Engineering
Ms N Potgieter
012 4202987
natasja.potgieter@up.ac.za
Industrial and Metallurgical Engineering
Ms TMM Motsei
012 4206520
thabiso.motsei@up.ac.za
Chemical and Mining Engineering
Mr MJ Makhasa
012 4202442
joseph.makhasa@up.ac.za
Civil Engineering
Mr K Nkanyana
012 4206735
kenneth.nkanyana@up.ac.za
Honours and Honours applications
Ms SL Mgiba
012 4205316
laurrine.mgiba@up.ac.za
Masters and Doctoral:
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Civil Engineering
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Ms Dawn Taljaard
012 4204095
dawn.taljaard@up.ac.za
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Mr Refentse Ramatong
012 4203011
refentse.ramatong@up.ac.za
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Ms Stefanie Steenberg
012 4205315
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