Architecture, B.Eng.
... develop, design, design, construct, calculate, manage, organize, build ... The architect's job profile is broad, the tasks are varied, the places of work are regional and international. Therefore, the aim of the training is to be able to solve a variety of planning tasks creatively and professionally after completing the degree. The course imparts theoretical and practical knowledge, creative and design skills as well as interdisciplinary insights into the professional disciplines of the planning and execution process. Due to the eight-semester course, registration as an architect in the Chamber of Architects is already possible after two years according to current legislation.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) |
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| Duration | 8 semesters, 240 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €123.80 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
The conceptual design in and with the space arises from understanding. The sustainability of a design as a central discipline is therefore measured by its sociological added value for society and its technical feasibility.
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The eight-semester Bachelor's degree in Architecture at the FHWS is committed to this traditional standard. The broad spectrum of teaching content forms the basis for the generalist architectural profession.
In addition to conveying creative and artistic aspects, conceptual strategies and knowledge of traditional and contemporary trends in architecture and urban planning, the teaching concept focuses on solid technical training including digitization. Both the teaching profiles of the lecturers and their focus areas and practical experience reflect this broad range of disciplines.
Cooperation projects with municipalities or private sponsors in terms of applied research, architecture excursions at home and abroad as well as the Bauhütte lecture series are, in addition to teaching, further pillars of a realistic, current and future-oriented architecture discussion at our university.
An average of 60 students study each semester. Contact with fellow students and support from the lecturers is close and personal. Lectures, seminars and working in small design groups form the format for teamwork. Furthermore, large work rooms offer students a forum to work independently and cooperatively, to learn and to celebrate.
What you study
In the 1st semester, the orientation semester, and the following three semesters, the knowledge for design is imparted on all scales. In addition to the design-oriented subjects, technical, organizational and building economics basics are taught. Interdisciplinary thinking and the necessary skills are trained and further developed in exercises and workshops. The model making workshop, the photo and film laboratory, the energy and light laboratory and a CAD pool provide the important basis for modern teaching. Excursions, construction site and company visits are important components of the practical training. In the 5th semester, students are required to acquire their own practical experience through a practical semester. In the subsequent project study, the focus is on integrative work based on complex tasks. The degree is completed with a bachelor thesis, which can contain a topic of your choice or a topic set by the degree program.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Professional tasks of the architect are:
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- The creative, technical and economic planning of buildings, as new and existing ones
- The coordination and supervision of the construction process
- The advice and representation of the client in all questions of the building project
- The elaboration of urban development plans
- Participation in state and regional planning
The content of the architecture course at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences is correspondingly broad. First and foremost, conceptual design and construction is taught. The historical, social and economic contexts as well as the topics of sustainability and digitization are important components of the curriculum. The urban space and its smallest unit, the house, are the field of tension in which the design in space and ultimately the design of our environment is learned on the basis of different scales.
The course is the basis for a practical teaching of the complex contents as well as a well-founded training of the necessary design skills. The aim is to qualify as an architect who is faced with the increasing complexity of building. With its eight-semester course, the architecture course at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences offers a bachelor's degree, which enables direct entry into the Chamber of Architects after two years of professional activity.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €123.80 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.