School of Architecture Planning and Geomatics

Hi I would like to have information about the Bachelor of Architectural Studies program offered at the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town?

[Pathak]

The Bachelor of Architectural Studies program involves center courses in Studiowork and Technology, and addresses, classes and some hands on work in supporting courses.

Studiowork gives an empowering learning environment to the trading of thoughts, and for the union and pragmatic use of the hypothesis courses. Studiowork energizes 'learning by doing' with accentuation on creating investigative abilities, execution criteria and spatial configuration. Studio abilities are further created in Representation courses.

BAS Admission prerequisites

Who can apply/who is qualified?

General UCT under-graduate affirmation prerequisites apply. (counsel the University of Cape Town site , continue to Applying to Study at UCT, and afterward to Admission Requirements)

Furthermore competitors are requested that present a composed inspiration and a little recommended portfolio (in addition to some other work the applicant may consider pertinent).

Determination

The evaluation of candidates depends on school leaving comes about, a recommended arrangement of endorsed configuration works out, and a one page letter of inspiration. The school leaving results and portfolio are weighted similarly in the evaluation.

Applications are evaluated on legitimacy in rivalry with each other. All together not to partiality candidates, the Selection Committee mulls over the way that a few candidates have done Art or Design and Technology at school while others have not. The Committee considers the need to choose understudies for the full scope of expert second degrees (Landscape Architecture, City and Regional Planning, Urban Design and Architecture). The Committee additionally considers any tertiary training results, and the way that a few candidates with apparent capacity may have impeded instructive foundations.

As UCT expects to be an extraordinary showing foundation, teaching forever and tending to the difficulties confronting our general public, the Selection Committee evaluates both perfection and value. Procurement is made for determination of beforehand hindered people, full grown understudies, outside and SADC understudies. Sexual orientation parity has been generally notwithstanding for this project.

The Selection Committee will offer temporary spots to chose candidates on legitimacy and will have the capacity to give a sign to others whether they have been put on a break holding up rundown. Those on the break holding up rundown will be educated of acknowledgment or refusal at the earliest opportunity, once the University has gotten the school leaving results. From that point we just keep a short last holding up rundown of around 8 candidates, to substitute chose candidates who don't take up their offers.

It would be ideal if you take note of that you can't present your portfolios by and by to the Selection Committee. The choices made by the Selection Committee are last. The Selection Committee can't go into correspondence or report on the qualities and shortcomings of individual applications.

In perspective of the substantial quantities of candidates for the BAS degree we emphatically exhort that you incorporate a second decision of study on your UCT application structure, furthermore apply for undergrad Built Environment Design programs at other tertiary organizations.

Contact Details:

School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics,
University of Cape Town,
Rondebosch,
7700, South Africa
Tel: +27-216502359
Fax: +27-216899466