During level III, students may also choose to study abroad at schools of architecture in other countries, just as guest students from foreign countries are integrated into the school at this time. The final element in the curriculum is the twenty-credit independent thesis project. The student's work is judged by a jury comprising two members of the faculty and an expert in the field who is active in professional practice. In addition, students are required to intern at an office of architecture or urban planning or at a building site for a minimum of seventeen weeks. There are approximately seventy students in each year of study, with classes divided into smaller design studios.
Attendance is mandatory and scheduled for full-time study.
The majority of work is done in the design studio with imaginary projects for real sites and real problems, and most examinations of students' progress are in the form of presentation and criticism of these projects. An important element are local study trips and travel abroad to visit works of architecture. Each student has his own workspace in the design studio and access to well-equipped workshops with knowledgeable staff, as well as art studios, media studios, a library, and advanced computer facilities. One third of the students are admitted to the program through an aptitude examination administered each year. The first part of the exam is a take-home project.