概要
Architecture at Cambridge is listed for 2027 entry as “Architecture, BA (Hons) and MArch”, UCAS K100, with a typical A-Level offer of A*AA. The route is a 4-year integrated MArch with a BA exit after 3 years, built around studio work, portfolio assessment, supervisions and a College graphic/spatial assessment.
なぜCambridgeでArchitectureを?
Cambridge’s official course page displays Architecture as #2 in the Complete University Guide 2026.
Section 01
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Section 02
| Qualification | Typical Offer | Key Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| A-Level | A*AA | Mathematics, Physics, Art, History of Art recommended.Entry requirements listed are for 2027 entry or deferred 2028 entry and were marked by Cambridge as subject to change until confirmation in May 2026. Some Colleges ask for specific subjects and/or set extra conditions for most or all offers. |
| IB Diploma | 40–42 with 776 at HL | Mathematics, Art and Design, Physics recommended at HL.Some Colleges usually make IB offers above the minimum offer level and Cambridge's general IB guidance says some Colleges may ask for 777 or a higher points total and/or 7 in particular subjects. |
| Advanced Placement (AP) | Minimum of 5 Advanced Placement (AP) scores at grade 5 in subjects related to the course applied for, plus a high SAT or ACT score and a high overall GPA in the US High School Diploma | AP subject choices closely related to Architecture; likely close matches include art/design, mathematics, and physics where available recommended. SAT/ACT: High SAT or ACT score expected; Cambridge's general SAT guidance states at least 1460 combined with Evidence-Based Reading and Writing at least 730 for courses outside Economics and most Science courses..Standardised tests (AP, SAT, ACT) should usually be achieved within 2 years of matriculation. Applicants must disclose all tests taken and scores achieved, including retakes. |
Section 03
Jun–Jul 2026
Open days & shortlist colleges
Visit Cambridge in person if you can. Open days run in late June and early July. Begin narrowing your college list and reading first-year reading lists.
Sep 2026
Draft your personal statement
Write for the subject, not the institution. Cambridge admissions tutors look for ~80% academic content and genuine super-curricular engagement.
28 Sep 2026
ESAT / TMUA registration deadline
Pre-registration via the Pearson VUE admissions testing portal closes at 18:00 UK time. Late entry is not normally possible.
15 Oct 2026
UCAS deadline
Submit your UCAS application by 18:00 UK time on 15 October 2026.
12–16 Oct 2026
Sit ESAT / TMUA
ESAT and TMUA are sat in this window at Pearson VUE centres. LNAT and UCAT use their own test windows — check each test's site for booking dates.
22 Oct 2026
My Cambridge Application deadline
Complete the My Cambridge Application supplementary questionnaire by 18:00 UK time on 22 October 2026. This replaced the old SAQ.
10 Nov 2026
Submitted written work deadline
Most arts and humanities courses ask for one or two pieces of marked school work. Each college confirms its exact deadline; 10 November is the standard date.
Dec 2026
Interviews
Around three-quarters of applicants are interviewed. Typically 1–2 interviews of 25–45 minutes each at your chosen or allocated college.
27 Jan 2027
Main decisions released
Cambridge releases its main decisions on 27 January 2027. Around a quarter of offers are made through the Winter Pool — strong applicants reconsidered by colleges with remaining places.
Jun–Jul 2026
Open days & shortlist colleges
Visit Cambridge in person if you can. Open days run in late June and early July. Begin narrowing your college list and reading first-year reading lists.
Sep 2026
Draft your personal statement
Write for the subject, not the institution. Cambridge admissions tutors look for ~80% academic content and genuine super-curricular engagement.
28 Sep 2026
ESAT / TMUA registration deadline
Pre-registration via the Pearson VUE admissions testing portal closes at 18:00 UK time. Late entry is not normally possible.
15 Oct 2026
UCAS deadline
Submit your UCAS application by 18:00 UK time on 15 October 2026.
12–16 Oct 2026
Sit ESAT / TMUA
ESAT and TMUA are sat in this window at Pearson VUE centres. LNAT and UCAT use their own test windows — check each test's site for booking dates.
22 Oct 2026
My Cambridge Application deadline
Complete the My Cambridge Application supplementary questionnaire by 18:00 UK time on 22 October 2026. This replaced the old SAQ.
10 Nov 2026
Submitted written work deadline
Most arts and humanities courses ask for one or two pieces of marked school work. Each college confirms its exact deadline; 10 November is the standard date.
Dec 2026
Interviews
Around three-quarters of applicants are interviewed. Typically 1–2 interviews of 25–45 minutes each at your chosen or allocated college.
27 Jan 2027
Main decisions released
Cambridge releases its main decisions on 27 January 2027. Around a quarter of offers are made through the Winter Pool — strong applicants reconsidered by colleges with remaining places.
Section 04
Architecture（University of Cambridge）の2027年度入試では、出願者に書面の入試テストは課されません。出願は推薦書・成績・パーソナルステートメント・提出物・面接で評価されます。
Always verify on the official Oxford admissions tests page.
Section 05
Interview Invitation
Late Nov
Arrival to Interview
Early Dec
Technical Question
Mid Dec
Decision
Early Jan
Interview Invitation
Late Nov
Arrival to Interview
Early Dec
Technical Question
Mid Dec
Decision
Early Jan
Question Types You’ll See
Arrangements may be online or in person depending on the assessing College, and the interview invitation confirms the format.
Cambridge uses interviews to assess potential for the chosen course, subject understanding, readiness for high-level study, independent thinking, curiosity and enthusiasm. For Architecture, that means you should be ready to discuss your own work, visual choices, spatial observations and how your thinking changed during a project.
Typical prompt areas include portfolio discussion, visual or spatial reasoning, personal-statement follow-up, broader issues in architecture and pre-interview material if a College provides it. We recommend practising with unfamiliar images, buildings and objects, because the interview is closer to a supervision-style dialogue than to a scripted presentation.
無料のArchitecture面接練習問題バンクで本番さながらの問題を練習しましょう。
無料練習問題 →
Section 06
Cambridge Colleges assess Architecture applicants holistically rather than by a published scoring formula.
In reality, use the weighting as a preparation guide: do not neglect the academic record because the portfolio matters, and do not treat the portfolio as decorative because the academic record is strong.
Architecture-specific evidence includes submitted artwork, a recent-work portfolio and the College drawing/spatial assessment. It helps to prepare evidence that shows process, revision, observation and judgement, not only final images.
Our recommendation · weighting of admission factors
Oxbridge Mentors recommendation, drawn from observed offer patterns. University of Cambridge does not publish official weightings — exact balance varies by college, course and year.
Section 07
A Cambridge Architecture personal statement should make your visual and intellectual development easy to follow. We recommend anchoring each claim in one concrete example: a building studied, a drawing problem, a material experiment, a city observation, a book or a design question.
Avoid writing as if the course were only about attractive buildings. The verified course structure includes environmental design, structures, materials, professional skills and architectural history/theory from Year 1.
Use the personal statement to create interview hooks that can survive detailed questioning. Cambridge's first year includes a compulsory study trip, and the course repeatedly asks students to connect observation, design communication and reflection; this is a useful model for choosing what to mention. If you mention a building, book or exhibition, be ready to explain what you noticed, what you disagreed with and how it changed your own work.
専門家による一行一行の解説付き完全例文を見る。
Architecture PS例文 →Section 08
Project work is especially useful for Architecture because it lets you show visual process, observation and reflection. We recommend keeping records of decisions, failed attempts and changes of direction, because the portfolio and interview reward evidence of thinking.
Try a local building observation dossier using annotated sketches, photos, measured diagrams and a critique of how people move through the space. Try a climate-responsive redesign proposal by mapping light, heat, ventilation and materials in a familiar room or threshold. Try a comparison of two buildings from different periods or cultures, focusing on structure, plan, social purpose and materials.
Section 08
Other activities should support the same core question: can you observe, analyse and communicate the built environment with care?
These are support, not substitute. The point is not volume; it is whether the activity improves the way you think and talk about architecture.
Sketchbook practice:
Maintain regular observational drawing of buildings, interiors, details and urban scenes.
Site visits:
Visit buildings, exhibitions, neighbourhoods and construction sites where possible, recording how spaces are used.
Reading journal:
Keep notes on books, essays and lectures, focusing on arguments and examples you can discuss.
Modelling and making:
Use paper, card, found materials, simple CAD or 3D tools to explore form, light and structure.
Materials and structures experiments:
Test span, load, joints, insulation or daylight, then connect observations to design decisions.
Public communication:
Practise explaining a building or design idea to a non-specialist audience.
Section 08
Competitions are optional enrichment rather than Cambridge requirements. What they do well is give you a brief, deadline and external standard.
None are required; one or two done well beats five half-attempted.
Section 09
Year
01 / 04
1
Foundations in design, history, theory, structures and environment
The first year establishes the groundwork of architectural study and is mostly taught jointly with Design. Studio work introduces the possibilities of architecture and the communication skills needed to develop designs for buildings and objects, beginning with hand drawing before moving towards models and digital presentation.
Year
02 / 04
2
Technical integration and studio choice
In the second year, students choose from studio options whose projects range from mapping studies and interior interventions to small or medium-sized buildings. The year focuses on integrating technical skills from first year with ongoing lecture teaching and studio output.
Year
03 / 04
3
Advanced studio and BA exit point
Students choose from a selection of studio options, each requiring a building design by the end of the year. The work must combine technical realisation with a coherently framed conceptual approach, and studio remains the core of the course.
Year
04 / 04
4
Optional integrated MArch year
Progression to the fourth year depends on Year 3 performance, with Cambridge currently stating that students need at least a 2.i in Year 3. The year centres on a full-year studio design project and a major independent dissertation, research project or equivalent exercise.
Section 10
Architecture applicants must submit their own artwork before interview. The pre-interview submission is a PDF of the applicant’s own artwork, up to 6 A4 pages and under 15MB.
If invited to interview, applicants should be ready to show a recent-work portfolio that does not need to be architectural and may include drawing, painting, sculpture, photography or photographs of 3D work. Cambridge says the portfolio helps interviewers discuss the applicant’s interests, experience and potential.
We recommend checking College instructions before finalising your UCAS choice.
Section 11
Pair it with The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa for atmosphere, touch and embodied experience.
For social value and professional purpose, use Why Architects Matter by Flora Samuel and Architecture Depends by Jeremy Till. For a compact historical orientation, Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Adam Sharr is listed as a concise guide to modern architectural ideas and movements.
For regular visual exposure, RIBA Architecture provides professional lectures and architecture culture, The B1M covers major buildings and construction processes, and Dezeen offers short documentaries and interviews on contemporary design. For audio, About Buildings + Cities builds architectural-history vocabulary, 99% Invisible sharpens attention to everyday built environments, and RIBA Future Architects In Conversation covers study, practice, identity, climate and professional pathways.
If you want a structured course, The Architectural Imagination introduces architecture as cultural expression and technical achievement. RIBA Foundation in Architecture course and RIBA Academy can support applicants wanting structured portfolio-building and wider subject awareness.
Section 12
29 colleges offer this subject. 10.2% (2024 cycle: 2,257 open applications out of 22,153 total direct+open applications) of applicants submit an open application. 20.6% (2024 cycle: 4,557 winter-pooled applications out of 22,153 total direct+open applications) of places come through the pool.
Cambridge Architecture applicants apply to a College or make an open application. The chosen or allocated College considers the application first, and the Winter Pool allows other Colleges to review strong applications that cannot be offered by the original College.
In the 2024 cycle, open applications were 10.2% of total direct-plus-open applications, and winter-pooled applications were 20.6% of all direct-plus-open applications.
College choice should be based on living environment, location, accommodation, community and College-specific application instructions. It should not be treated as a reliable tactical route into Architecture, because Cambridge shares the core academic standard and uses pooling to reduce College-choice distortions.
Section 13
Cambridge Architecture graduates move into architectural practice and adjacent built-environment fields, with the Careers Service identifying engineering and architectural consultancy, construction, education, the arts, public service and manufacturing as typical destinations. Newer Careers Service summary data identify engineering and architectural consultancy as the largest listed sector, with further study also visible in the outcomes summary.
The sector chart uses Cambridge Architecture’s fuller official 2012–14 destinations publication because it provides a complete sector distribution across known employment outcomes; treat those percentages as historical context, not a current employment forecast.
Section 14
Cambridge considers applications holistically and uses contextual data to understand achievement in context rather than as a mechanical points system. Contextual data do not systematically lower offer conditions, and academic achievement and potential remain central.
Relevant circumstances may include care experience, refugee or humanitarian protection status, estrangement, free-school-meal eligibility and declared extenuating circumstances. School context can include GCSE/A-Level performance patterns and previous Oxbridge offer history where reliable data are available.
For Architecture, subject availability matters because some schools may not offer Art and Design, Physics or extensive portfolio support. The Extenuating Circumstances Form route should be used where disruption has materially affected study, assessment or preparation.
Watch & Learn
学生ブログ・模擬面接・講義体験・入試アドバイス。
A student-facing introduction to RIBA support, study routes and early architecture career thinking.
Discussion format useful for thinking about access, inclusion and lived experience in design.
A visual case study in ambitious building systems, environment and construction challenges.
Shows how technical, logistical and spatial constraints shape large built projects.
A concise infrastructure case study for applicants interested in cities, scale and delivery.
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Further Reading
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