Can I be an Architect after study civil engineering?

But you may be able to skip the first year of the undergrad course. I was offered this option after I had study civil engineering.

Civil engineering is a good background to have. As long as you have the passion to make the change later on, you should be fine. As Quiller says though, expect to start from the ground up. You will be more mature then and will have picked up valuable skills.

Hi

I'm starting my 2nd year studying Structural Engineering and Architecture at University of Sheffield in a few weeks. Have you considered this course? It gives you accreditation in both Architecture (Part 1) and Engineering in 4 years. Although you'd be a Structural Engineer and not a civil one, you would do some civil modules with the Civil and Structural students. Also, further study to become a Civil engineer afterwards would probably be easier and shorter than doing engineering then architecture separately.

I'm a girl too, and have plenty of female friends on both the dual course and the Civil and Structural course. I'd say the dual course is about 50/50 and the Civil and Structural is 70/30, but since many modules are taken by all students you wouldn't even notice a difference until later years when the modules become more specialist. Even then you'll still be surrounded by 30-40 girls and will hardly notice the difference.

Hi!
That sounds nice.so ,after u graduate,u cannot be an architect ?still an engineer ?
So I don`t fear now,as there r still so many girls around !

but really ,the problem is ,I do not have a portfolio ,because I checked the uni web and it is required.Then I cannot do This wonderful course..

but really ,the problem is ,I do not have a portfolio ,because I checked the uni web and it is required.Then I cannot do This wonderful course..

Basically, after the 4 years you would be able to be a Structural Engineer, or you could continue your architecture studies to become an architect as the degree is accredited by the RIBA, just like an architecture degree is. It is basically combining a MEng in Structural Engineering with a BA in Architecture, only it takes 4 years instead of the 7 years it would take to study for an MEng in Civil and Structural Engineering (4 years) and a BA in Architecture (3 years) one after the other.

Graduating with an Structural Engineering and Architecture degree puts you in the same position as graduating with an Architecture degree (you have completed part 1 and would need to complete parts 2 and 3 to become an architect - typically taking 4 years), only you are qualified to become a Structural Engineer as well.

So to qualify as:
Structural Engineer and Architect - 8 years
Architect - 7 years
Civil and Structural Engineer - 4 years
Civil and Structural Engineer and then Architect (taking qualifications one after the other) - 11 years

Sorry, hope that makes sense.

this is superb.
im doing a 5 year btech course and i plan to do my masters in architecture.
so id be investing 8 years in doing so.
hope it will be enough to make me both technically and artistically sound to work as an architect

Sorry to put a spanner in the works (!) but you can't do get onto a masters course in architecture without having your part 1 - that is, an undergraduate degree in architecture and a year in practice.
There are people in my year (2nd year at sheffield) who have engineering diplomas and similar but still had to start from the 'beginning as it were.
Becoming an architect is a very lengthy process, but it almost completely retrains the way you think and see the world, and there are so many possibilities within architecture that it's almost crazy to think it could be any less time! (: there are slightly shorter courses - i believe some places part of the masters is integrated with a year in practice so it's only six years minimum to qualify.

also, i don't know if it was you or someone else who said they couldn't draw but wanted to architecture - drawing is the most important part of architecture! it's a way to communicate your ideas and explain complex things, so very very necessary! (: