Institution Details

The AA School has grown up alongside, and to a very great degree helped shape, modern architectural education and the profession.
The AA offer a one-year Foundation Course, a five-year ARB/RIBA recognised course in Architecture, and 11 postgraduate research programmes covering a range of design agendas. The Visiting School offers 100+ short courses across five continents.

Nearly 85% of the AA School's 750 full-time students, and a similar percentage of tutors, come to the AA from abroad. Located in the heart of London, the schools facilities include studio spaces, workshops, digital prototyping labs, library, archives, access to our famous Public Programme, plus much more.

Students are eligible to apply for scholarships and bursaries regardless of age, nationality or background. Funding is awarded to students who demonstrate exceptional promise and financial need.

The AA’s premises are in Bedford Square, a very smart area of central London famous for its barristers’ chambers. It has since acquired additional London premises in nearby John Street and a 350-acre site at Hooke Park in Dorset in south west England. The school has also studio place close by to the main campus on Bedford Square.   Find on Map 

The AA has a greater proportion of international students than other architecture schools, with students and staff from more than 60 countries worldwide. There are many visiting critics, lecturers and other participants from around the world each year.

Architecture, Design

Lord Richard Rogers (Pompidou Centre, Millennium Dome, Lloyds Building, European Court of Human Rights)
Sir Michael Hopkins (HM Revenue and Customs, Mount Stand at Lord’s Cricket Ground)
Sir Phillip Powell (Wolfson College Oxford, Museum of London courtyard)

(1) Scholarships for Intermediate Programme BA (Hons) and Diploma Programme MArch applicants
Nationality International
The AA offers means-tested scholarships to new first-year and second-year students of the Intermediate Programme BA (Hons) (ARB/RIBA Part 1) and to new first-year students of the Diploma Programme MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2) who demonstrate exceptional promise and financial need.

Scholarships can cover up to one term (33%) or two terms (66%) of the annual tuition fees. They are awarded to new students in the first year of the Intermediate Programme BA (Hons) for three academic years, to new students in the second year of the Intermediate Programme BA (Hons) for two academic years and to new students in the Diploma Programme MArch for two academic years.