The application should be open right up to january. Although the interview might be held earlier (around november/december). So get ur applications in early as soon as it reopens again.

Usually u will know the results in a week or two. But this could take up to 6 weeks depending on senate meeting schedule.


Intake is about 15-20 students.

i dont know if it's a ruling or ongoing practice in UKM, but as far as i've seen, they are more BM-centric than most IPTAs, even UiTM.

Portfolio only for interview.

No need research topic.

U can accept civil and immediately write to FAB dean to request a transfer. Then we'll see if anybody turned down the offer, in which we can consider u to fill the spot.

To improve ur chance, u can seek out and persuade a candidate to reject us. Or kill them. Whatever.

Dear all. I have the latest numbers for UTM, and apparently we have some vacancies as some students have rejected us in favour of other unis.

If you are still interested, now is the time to appeal. Contact the Facukty of Built Environement and inform the Dean of your interest.

hello there. these are very technical questions, where it could vary between the schools. but i'll try my best to explain.

1. yes, it is possible to join M.Arch by feb 2018 if u finish everything by july 2017. however, u need to time everything perfectly.

2. the working requirement can be fulfilled at the point of registration, not application. meaning, if u wanna apply for feb 2018, u can start applying right after u finished in july 2017. then u can go and work for 6 months. by the time u are ready for registration, u've completed the 6 months requirement. so far, i havent seen any school pun the 6 months working requirement as a pre-requisite for application.

3. the issue about transcripts is a tricky one. all universities require those if u wanna apply to their M.Arch. so this is one requirement that has to be fulfilled during application. if u're applying to the same university (say, UiTM sri iskandar to UiTM puncak alam for example), u can negotiate with the school as both will have a record of u and ur studies. u might be able to delay or even skip the transcript requirement.

but for other schools, i'm afraid u'd have to wait for the transcript to be released before u can apply.

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bottom line is: start working right after u finish, and immediately apply when u get ur transcript.

With regards to international m.arch, u should check if they are compatible with us. Normally, UK, AU, NZ etc are compatible with ours. Hence when a local school is accredited by LAM, u should have no problem going overseas.

But bear in mind that u might be required to take their part 1 exam.

we havent got the greenlight yet. since the sept intake have passed, they might be targeting for feb 2017.

no. it probably just takes longer. architects need to be able to communicate well. this could happen using visual, verbal or written communications.

drawing is just ONE of the ways to visually communicate. you can explore the others.

many people confuse what RIBA accreditation really means. RIBA is just a club that goes around the world certifying that school XYZ is equivalent or better than the standard they've seen in the UK. but this is not binding in any way, nor does it carry any professional or academic recognition with it.

imagine manchester united comes here, and tells us that our football players are equivalent to the UK players. does it mean we could go there and play for them? does it mean we can get easier visas? NO. individual schools in malaysia go for RIBA mainly to get a 3rd party opinion that they are THAT GOOD. u know how people tend to say UiTM is a bottom tier university, but wait a minute, their archi school have RIBA!

singapore do not have any governing body that certifies education, because they literally have two schools of architecture. so instead, they use RIBA to give them some basic idea of the quality to expect. again, this is not binding in any ways whatsoever.

UTM students (without RIBA) have been working in singapore both after part 1 or part 2 with no restrictions. as far as SG practice is concerned, if u hold a cert that is accredited by the originating country to practice as an architect, they're happy with it. and the same can be said about entry level to NUS or NYP.

and about the UK option, i would say do it if u have the money to spend. with the current economic state, u either will put a massive debt on ur shoulder, or burden that load on ur sponsors (or parents!). but honestly, do not put any hope on being able to work there as an architect after finishing ur studies there. they say BREXIT will cause the UK to look for non-EU workers, but still we have not seen that happening yet. and there would be even less hope for local grads to land a place there immediately after graduation. they will seek at least 5-10 years experience because they have a large number of UK graduates to fill up the industry.

if u do decide to go there, then it would be advisable to look for schools that are validated by LAM. at least u can come back here and work if u cant find a place there.

Like i said earlier, due to the current policies, if you're interested to migrate and work abroad, the best option is to study and graduate there. Else, you should think about working and get a few year's experience before going abroad. At the moment, the best and easiest option is to study locally, and find a job in Singapore. Then use your experience in Singapore to apply abroad like Australia. Be aware that some people get it easy. Most have tried for many years to no avail.

Regarding NUS and Malaysian, well this is quite vague at the moment. I believe LAM is quite aggressive when they changed the policy to no longer accredit australian architectural degrees automatically. But now it looks like they are working on somekind of mutual agreement between the msia-australia. Hopefully, we will mutually recognize each other so that we can study there and come back to practice with no problem, and they too can study in malaysia and practice in australia with no issues.

Wait, why would australians study in Malaysia?

Because our fees are bloody cheap! HAHAHA

UTHM is now offering B.Sc.Architecture and are looking for potential students. If you're interested, please reply here or PM me ASAP!

Target intake is Feb 2017.


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that typically is a general statement by the university for all courses. relevant here refers to anything specific required by the course. for a B.Sc, normally it refers to any combination of science subjects.

with that said, this is a question that is best answered by taylor's themselves. no point of beating around the bush. either look up the architecture programme's own website, or give them a call.

as far as licenses go, any schools accredited with LAM part 2 are equal to each other at the minimum achievements. but beyond that is a different matter, where each school is allowed to excel in areas they are strong in. for example, some school might focus on urban design, others in technical expertise, a few on management and so on.

at the moment, schools like taylor's and UTAR have yet to settle on an area of strength (not that they need to), as these are normally the things firms look for. so it's not about which school is better than the other or more preferred. it's basically about the kind of graduate they need at that particular time.

even graduates from the same university wouldnt necessarily perform equally to each other. hence, it boils down to your portfolio. most of my practicing friends have given up looking at school backgrounds, but rather focus on the graduates themselves.

Not yet. We will call everyone who applied on time to the interview.

hi. i've not been well updated with the current standings of overseas architectural schools to definitively answer that question. however, u might wanna know that many overseas PG schools are quite eager to get international students as they pay more fees and generally less hassle to teach.

usually they have a 3.00 base requirement, but with some experience, u should be able to compensate that. i guess the best way to find out is just apply everywhere and see what sort of reply comes in. it wont hurt applying, yes?

which country do u plan to go to?

those are pretty high ranking architectural schools. i studied in both bartlett and sheffield, while my best friend did her masters in bath. these schools are highly sought after, u need more than 3.00 to land a place. NUS is even harder to get into, being the very few asian architecture schools in the world top 25.

although i encourage everyone to try and further study, i have to say that u need to be realistic with ur options too. but do try, nonetheless.

legally, u need a part 1 to work. so usually what people do is to register to sit for the exam. while waiting for the exam date, they will be allowed to work. even if they fail, they can still continue to work to gain knowledge and skills, which is very useful to pass the exams.

the 6months minimum requirement is for intake into part 2. lets say u graduate feb 2017, then u sit for the exam (and pass) in october2017, ur 6months working exp only counts after oct 2017. meaning u have to work at least until april 2018 before u can apply for sept 2018 intake.

this is the main disadvantage of going to unaccredited programme.

if u wanna go straight to part 2, then u have to find a non-accredited part 2 school. since this literally does not exist in malaysia at the moment, then u have to opt overseas. an accredited part 2 programme will not be allowed to take in unaccredited part 1 grad or they will risk disaccreditation of the entire programme.

any particular reason between the two?

have you looked at other options? you can find the list of architecture schools and possible paths in and out of them in the first page of this topic.

LKW just went CAAEM accreditation visit. they havent published the results yet. should be fine i think. no school have ever had their accreditation dropped... yet.

the two schools have grown and matured. so u cant go wrong with any of them. u just have to weigh in other factors like living costs, distance to accommodation, friends and stuff like that.

what about public unis?