The Architectural Institute of Paris is a new post-graduate School of Architecture & Interior Architecture teaching in the English language.

We take an innovative and radical approach to architectural pedagogy, challenging established and outdated modes of practice and study.

Based in the historic artists’ district of Montmartre in Paris, the Institute is a unique teaching establishment; it is one of the smallest architecture schools in Europe.

The Institute’s size allows us to deliver a curriculum based on the individual focus of each student, encompassing a pedagogy that is radical and innovative, with an emphasis on speculation about the future of architecture and society.

As the Institute is deliberately selective, unlike all other schools of architecture in Paris, the school offers an unparalleled student to staff ratio and individual tutorial time. This, combined with a renowned international teaching faculty, and state of the art facilities, offers a unique educational environment.

Study at the Architectural Institute is most suited to students who take an active role in school life, who are committed to their studies, and who have a mature and rigorous approach to learning.

The Institute was developed in response to the changes in the economic, demographic, technological, and environmental context in which architects and designers operate over the last decade, as well as the changing nature of international architectural and design practice today. The school offers a radical and rigorous approach to the advanced study of Architecture.

We are also the only post-graduate architecture and design school teaching solely in the English language in France. The Institute was founded and operated by architects with international and cross-border licensure, including in Europe, the UK, the USA, and Australia.

In addition, the Architectural Institute is the only architecture school in France where graduates have the necessary automatic accreditation towards professional registration in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the EEA EFTA States; Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Registration in an EU State is possible through conversion and depending on individual candidate’s bachelor’s degrees.

The Architectural Institute of Paris offers the following post-graduate courses:

• Foundation Course

  One-year foundation course (FC), for students with a Bachelor’s degree in a subject other than Architecture or a related subject. The course is design to provide candidates with the key skills to undertake further study at Master’s level.
  

• Diploma in Advanced Architecture

  Two-year post-graduate Master’s level programme in Architecture with graduates necessarily completing ARB Part 2 at graduation.
  

• Diploma in Advanced Interior Architecture

  A two-year Post-graduate Master’s level programme in Interior Architecture in central Paris.
  

• Diploma in Advanced Research

  One-year post-master’s research diploma, composed of a 40,000 word dissertation and research by project.

The Advanced Architecture and Advanced Interior Architecture programmes are for graduates of 3 or 4 year Bachelor’s degrees in Architecture and Interior Design, or other related disciplines.

The Advanced Research programme is suitable for graduates of two-year Master’s programmes in either Architecture or Interior Architecture.