Program Overview
The Master of Architecture (MArch) program at Dar Al-Hekma University is a two-year post-graduate program that broadens the scope of architectural studies and increases the competency of its graduates in the academic and professional fields. The graduates of the MArch Program are able to connect different domains of knowledge, develop independent inquiry skills, and design built environments responding to the technological, ecological, economic and socio-cultural dimensions of surrounding contexts. The electives in the program have been clustered to give concerted knowledge in the following focus areas: Heritage and Conservation, Real-estate Development and Building Technology.
Program Mission
To graduate innovative professionals who are committed to respecting the environment by creating a holistic, balanced and integrated built environments
Why Choose Master of Architecture Program at Dar Al-Hekma University?
- It seeks to develop students’ sense of independent inquiry, creativity and responsibility, as they respond to technological, ecological, economic and socio-cultural dimensions of the built environment.
- The electives in the program have been clustered to give concerted knowledge in the following focus areas: Heritage and Conservation, Real-estate Development and Building Technology.
- The program promotes project based research and encourage students to produce of a comprehensive research thesis that addresses an architectural or urban challenge. It emphasizes the need to adopt a critical and analytical approach to the evaluation of a research problem prior to proposing potential solutions.
- The MArch is taught by highly experienced faculty from the world’s most renowned schools of Architecture.
Program | TOEFL Score (University Level) | Required Certificate Percentage | Qudurat Test Score | Other Admission Requirements |
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Master of Architecture | 550 | A Bachelor Degree in Architecture, a Bachelor Degree in Interior, Architecture or a Bachelor, Degree in Interior Design | Portfolio | None |
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- Demonstrate knowledge and skills needed to design and develop architecture .
- Demonstrate the competencies necessary for professional practice
- Apply knowledge gained to preserve both built and natural environments
- Demonstrate analytical, theoretical and methodological research skills.
- Apply a variety of theoretical and practical approaches to solve complex & challenging problems
- Develop architectural designs that consider cultural and contextual issues.
- Act as responsible community members
- Model lifelong learning, which includes the development of skills and a propensity for curiosity, independence, initiative and reflection (Interpersonal)
- Use advanced communication skills to develop effective design solutions.
Year One (1) |
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Semester – One |
Semester – Two |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
ARCH 6301 | Urban Housing | 3 | ARCH 6303 | Sustainable Development and Green Architecture | 3 |
ARCH 6302 | Research Methods in
Architecture and Urbanism | 3 | ARCH 6304 | Digital Modelling and Simulation | 3 |
ARCE 63XX | Elective I | 3 | ARCE 6402 | Sustainable Design Studio | 3 |
| ARCE 63XX | Elective II | 3 |
Total Credit Hours |
9 |
Total Credit Hours |
12 |
Year Two (2) |
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Semester – One |
Semester – Two |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
Course Code |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
ARCH 6403 | Thesis Research | 4 | ARCH 6607 | Project in Satisfaction of the Master's Degree | 6 |
ARCH 6305 | Architecture and the City | 3 |
ARCE 63XX | Elective III | 3 |
Total Credit Hours |
10 |
Total Credit Hours |
6 |
CODE | Elective Courses | CREDITS |
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ARCE 6301 | Building Sciences | 3
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ARCE 6302 | Advanced Material Technology | 3 |
ARCE 6303 | Vernacular Architecture | 3 |
ARCE 6304 | Environmental Psychology and Human Behavior | 3 |
- Academic researcher
- Instructor
- Assistant Architect
- Architect
- Senior Engineer
- Architectural Engineering Consultant
- Planning Engineer
- Senior Planning Engineer
- Planning Consultant
- Supervising the affairs of municipal and rural areas:
- Head of Department
- Director of a Division
- General Manager