Area of Studies

engineering, technology

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Department

Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology

Tuition and Other Fees

2500EUR/semester

Application Deadline(s)

20th July 2025

Course Description

Course Profile

The first degree (undergraduate) English-taught programme in Architecture comprises 8 semesters and follows the newest architectural education standards. It has earned - as the only one in Poland - two international accreditations: the Royal Institute of British Architects and the European Union Notification. Compact and student-friendly teaching blocks arrangement consists in: Integrated Design, Technical Knowledge Theory and Practice, Architectural and Urban Heritage Theory, Presentation Skills Practice, Architectural Profession Principles. The programme is conducted by the Faculty of Architecture at Cracow University of Technology as well as foreign visiting professors and experts from Europe, the USA and Canada. It is focused on quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning. This allows students to enjoy the place of study – the City of Cracow – a UNESCO listed city of heritage and always creative, rational, avant-garde, contemporary, operative, rational, innovative architecture – the best and complementary to study programme “teacher” of architectural and urban traditions and principles.

Education Requirements

• cover letter (written in English, addressed to Dean of the Faculty of Architecture)

• the result in mathematics at the foreign/Polish Matura exam or the grade in mathematics on the high school diploma (applies to countries where Matura or university entrance exams are not conducted) – minimum 70%

• portfolio consisting of: 

o 2 freehand drawings of nature in any technique, presenting a composition consisting of elementary solids (such as cube, cylinder, pyramid, cone, prism, cuboid, etc.) or derivatives of such solids – format B2

o 1 freehand drawing or painting of nature in any technique, presenting any still life – format B2

o 2 freehand drawings of nature, presenting any existing buildings or architectural structures – format B2

o 1 freehand drawing of nature in any technique presenting a part of a city (e.g. avenue, street, square, passage, piazza) – format B2

o 3 photographs devoted to architecture – any format

o 3 works in any technique (including computer techniques, multimedia techniques, etc.) on any topic – any format

o candidate’s declaration of independent work

Other Requirements

Matura exam or the results of another examination required for admission to studies in the candidate's country.

Contact

Admission:
Ms. Anna Dębska,
adebska@pk.edu.pl,
+48 12 628 30 44