Architecture, Exploration and Reflection

7.5 credits
Bachelor's level
Web-based (online)
Summer Term 2023

About the course

The course offers the opportunity for architecture students to immerse themselves in a site-specific architectural issue. Within the course, we explore which role architecture can have in relation to social and environmental aspects. Critical reflection and evaluation of the own work process and the results are important aspects of the course.

In the course, participants will take part in a theme-based workshop. The workshops that are offered and in which places these are given can vary from year to year that the course is offered. Each workshop has a limited number of students which can participate and there is no guarantee that applicants to the course will get their first-hand workshop choice. The specific workshops that are offered 2023 can be found here: Workshops

Please note that the summer course in 2023 is the same that has been offered also previous years by the School of Architecture. This means that if you have participated before in our summer school you cannot participate again, even if we now offer other workshops.

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Course is given by:

Umeå School of Architechture

Contact persons for the course are:

Christina Sander Nordin, study administrator

Application and eligibility

Starts: 12 June 2023

Ends: 18 August 2023

Study location: Location independent

Language: English

Pace: Mixed, 50%, Distance

Number of mandatory meetings:

Outline for distance course:

The teaching consists of workshops and/or project work that can occur online or onsite. The forms of teaching can be practical exercises, individual tutorials, group discussions as well as seminars and field studies. Once accepted to the course students will have the opportunity to choose one of several workshops offered. Each workshop has a maximum number of students it can accept. If a student cannot get the chosen workshop she/he will be offered an alternative workshop. There might be costs for travel and accommodation for students related to a workshop. There will always be a workshop offered with no costs for travel or accommodation attached to it.

Required Knowledge:

For the applicant to be eligible, he or she must meet the general entry requirements for basic level studies at Swedish universities. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English B/6. Apart from that, the applicant needs to have completed at least 30 higher education credits in the field of architecture, and have documented experience in the form of a portfolio and a motivation letter. For more information about the work samples and the motivation letter, see the webpage of Umeå School of Architecture: https://www.umu.se/en/umea-school-of-architecture/

Entry requirements

Selection:

Selection among the applicants is based on submitted work samples/portfolio and motivation letter. For more information about the portfolio and motivation letter, see the webpage of Umeå School of Architecture: https://www.umu.se/en/umea-school-of-architecture/

Application code: UMU-95270

Application and tuition fees

As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.

Application fee: SEK 900

Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 23,400

Total fee: SEK 23,400

Details about tuition, fees and funding

Summer Term 2023