Program Duration: 5 Years

Degree Conferred: Bachelor of Engineering

Major Introduction: Broadly defined, architecture is a subject that studies architectural environment. Generally, it refers to a comprehensive subject of technology and art related to architectural design and construction. It includes some contents like architectural history and theory, historical buildings preservation, architectural design, urban design, old city renewal and reconstruction, residential district planning and design, architectural physics, architectural construction technology, interior design and decoration and so on. In addition, it also involves relevant technology fields like architectural structure, architectural equipment, facilities of architectural environment, disasters prevention and reduction for architecture, building energy conservation and so on. At the present stage, our country’s construction industry is in transformation stage and construction of urbanization is still a key project of national construction. At the same time, the architectural design concept gradually integrates with the world market. This major is to cultivate advanced professional talents with solid design basis, up-to-date design concept and innovative design capability. Therefore, it has broad employment market and good development prospect.

I. Training Objective

This major is to cultivateapplied advanced professional talents who can develop well in moral education, intellectual education, physical education and aesthetic education, master basic theories, professional knowledge and skills of architecture, have creative thinking, open field of vision, sense of social responsibility and team spirit, idea of sustainable development and cultural inheritance, and abilities to meet the need of national economic development and urban and rural construction, and perform the work in aspects of architectural design, teaching and research, development and management and so on in architectural fields like architectural design units, education and scientific research institution, management department.

II. Core Curriculum

Architectural Design, Basis of Architectural Design, Architectural Construction, History of Chinese Architecture, History of Foreign Architecture, Principles of Architectural Design, Architectural Physics, Architectural Structure and relevant laws and regulations and so on.

III. Major Feature

Taking the autonomously elective design module as the support to cultivate students’development in planning design, green building, historical buildings preservation and so on, and widen the employment and competition advantages.