Programme

The post-graduate course is composed of an in-depth, two-year period of study in central Paris, culminating in a year-long research project in the second year, and public end of year show exhibition and the award of the PSA Diploma.

DURATION

  • Duration: 2 Years 

  • 120 ECTS Credits = international MArch/Masters

  • Entry requirements: BA degree in Architecture    

  • Tuition Fees: 10.709 euros per year

  • Application Documents: PDF Portfolio, CV and Letter.

  • Award Name: PSA Diploma

  • Post-nominal style: Dip PSA

​In the first year students study History & Theory, Communication, Studio Research, Critical Writing, Professional Practice and take 9 mandatory Master Classes.

SUBJECTS

Subjects and Master Class areas typically cover the following:

  • Cost Management

  • Roles of Consultants

  • Emerging Construction Technologies

  • World-building

  • Virtual World Design

  • Game Design

  • Interaction Design

  • Prototyping

  • Critical Design

  • Modelling and Rendering

  • Communication Design

  • Fine Art

  • Print Making

  • Architectural Draughtsmanship

  • Modelling and Animation

  • Publishing and Curatorship

  • Philosophy

  • Moving Image

  • Business Structures

  • Finance and Economics 

  • Procurement

Master Class areas change in response to cultural shifts over time, the requirements of future architectural practice, and substantive requests from the Student Council.

SECOND YEAR

In the second year, students are expected to develop their thesis as integrated research projects, more closely resembling PhD ‘study by project’. Each separate subject is combined into a single area of study with one outcome and point of assessment: the Final Research Project. This mode of study offers considerable freedoms for each student to conduct their own rigourous research, develop a project brief and an architectural response to it. Although closely resembling the First Year Studio Research project, the Final Research Project is expected to reach levels of thinking, ambition, and complexity greatly in excess of that of a First Year project.  The FRP is assessed through a curated exhibition of writing, images, drawings, models, moving image and other media at the End of Year Show. A student may only pass this subject, and therefore the course, by attaining a pass from each member of the Academic Council, representing each area of study from the First Year; History & Theory, Communication, and Studio Research, and as such must contribute substantially to the body of knowledge in each area.

Master Classes continue to be offered in the Second Year, with a minimum of 3 to be taken by each student.

ACADEMIC YEAR

The academic year is divided into three parts, or terms, the Autumn Term, Spring Term, and Summer Term. Assessments of each First Year subject will take place at the end of each term, and must be passed to allow progression to the next.

The Paris School academic calendar commences each year on the third Monday of September. The 2024/25 academic year key dates are set out below. 

    • Monday 23rd September - First Day of Term

    • Wednesday 23rd October - Sunday 27th October - School Trip

    • Friday 6th December - End of Term Review*

    • Friday 6th December - End of Term

    • Monday 6th January - First Day of Term

    • Friday 18th April- End of Term Review*

    • Friday 18th April - End of Term

    • Monday 5th May - First Day of Term

    • Thursday 19th June - Final Exams

    • Friday 20th June - End of Academic Year & End of Year Show Opening*

*Starred events may be attended by the public, please email administration@parisarch.fr to confirm your place.