The part-time courses are 21 and 36 months respectively. Applicants who are not native English speakers must present evidence of proficiency in English or undertake tutoring prior to attending the course. Students who achieve an appropriate standard during a Diploma course may be eligible to progress or transfer to Master's. I Examination may apply to take the Diploma in Architecture over two years. The programme is largely self-generated and engages with the wider issues of architecture and environmental design.
Tuition is structured around units, which are centred on themes.
Students construct a programme of study within a common framework that is initiated either by themselves or by the unit tutors. The work is expected to demonstrate that design issues have been explored with intellectual rigour and to show that the architectural propositions respond to that investigation. A dissertation of 6-8000 words is required on a topic chosen by the student. A Diploma in Architecture and Architectural Conservation or a Diploma in Architecture and Urban Design is available to students who complete either of the other taught postgraduate courses offered by the School during the Diploma year of their architecture course. Students are invited to choose the subject of their own master's dissertation or project.