Lifelong learning in the profession begins with the practice-orientated training of the architecture degree programme, which is concentrated in terms of time and content. In the Architecture degree programme at HTWK Leipzig, this is oriented towards the current job profiles and fields of work of European architects. Artistic, technical, economic, social and communicative core competences are taught and trained. The related working methods correspond to international practice. It includes individual, team and studio work. Experiences abroad through guest studies and excursions support the necessary global orientation of teaching as well as the integration of foreign languages into the curriculum.

Design projects, understood as holistic investigations and designs of the human living space in the city and landscape, are at the centre of teaching and combine all the individual disciplines involved.

As a rule, socially relevant questions and problems are thematised, which are then subjected to public criticism after the architectural work in the seminar. This is preferably done through exhibitions, participation in competitions and publications, whereby the practical relevance of the training is subject to constant review.

In addition to contemporary professional knowledge and skills, graduates have sufficient critical competence to be open and productive in the face of rapidly changing social and professional conditions in the future, as mentioned in the quote above.

Passing the aptitude test is a prerequisite for applying to study architecture. It is used to check the necessary aptitude for studying architecture.

You can register for the aptitude test at the Department of Student Affairs from January. The aptitude test usually takes place in April for the coming winter semester. You will be informed of the date in good time. Applicants have to answer questions in writing about their general knowledge of building history and architecture as well as their career aspirations and solve tasks in drawings. Applicants will receive written confirmation that they have passed the aptitude test. This is a necessary part of the application.