ARCHITECTURE

The second-cycle Architecture program at WSPA is an excellent choice for people who want to develop their design skills and gain the license to work independently in the architect profession. A graduate of Architecture at WSPA is prepared to undertake independent creative work in the architect profession, aimed at a personal career. We offer a course of study in accordance with the requirements set out in the standards of practical education and introduce our students to the world of professionals already during the studies. The Master of Science in Architecture program at our school emphasizes the practical application of the acquired knowledge and preparation for work in design offices.

• You are sensitive and creative
• You are artistically gifted
• You have spatial imagination
• You are attracted to working with design software
• You want to shape your environment
• You want to change the world for the better
• You want to work in an independent, satisfying profession

• The priority for us is the student’s communication with a lecturer who’s a also a professional, who shares their experience and introduces specific tasks of an architect
• Lecturers work with students in groups and individually
• Among the lecturers you can find owners of their own design studios, who accept our students for internships, and in some cases hire them after graduation
• Lecturers are experts in the field of construction, as well as employees of bureaus that graduates will deal with in their professional life
• We connect students with representatives of the broad design and construction market who share their professional experience
• Classes take place inside and outside the school building, always according to the principle of implementing innovative learning methods, strengthening the awareness and creativity of future architects and acceptance of the chosen field of study
• In the event of sanitary restrictions we use the capabilities of our own online learning platform and other forms of remote learning, in which we have many years of experience
• Students have the opportunity to participate in activities at the school in accordance with their own passions and predispositions, for example in the Students’ Architecture Research Circle “KWADRAT”, or the student WSPA Radio
• Our students participate in national architectural competitions, traditionally taking high, award-winning positions
• Students of Architecture participate in the “Erasmus” international university exchange program

By choosing Architecture at the graduate level, you will gain advanced knowledge in the field of architectural, urban and restoration planning.

• Architectural design and urban planning
• Construction and building technologies
• Physics and mechanics of buildings
• History and theory of architecture and urban planning
• Fine arts
• Principles for the protection of existing values of the cultural landscape and the creation of new ones
• Construction law, copyright law and professional ethics
• Principles of economics and organization of the investment process in the country and in the member states of the European Union, which allows you to start your own business
• Problem-solving skills and creative thinking