Hungary

Access to the profession: How to become an architect in this country ?


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Programme 1 (there are different curricula at schools or universities):
- Entrance examination (primarily scientific of course, but including some drawing)
- Academic training in 5 years
- Qualification of Master of Science (MSc)
- Compulsory professional experience of 2 years (limited access to the profession)
- It is also possible to do a 3-years PhD
- Compulsory registration with MEK.
- To be able to be a town planner, one has to follow a 5-year training after MSc qualification
- Continued training: The obligation to have compulsory 10-20 hours of law, regulation, administration, TQM, fire and safety regulations and 20 credits from elective subjects bearing in mind that one to two credits are allocated per course or comparable training (checked every 5 years).

Programme 2 (the more artistic stream):
- 3-day residential entry selection on the basis of a drawing.
- Academic training of 5 years, less courses on construction but offering a good level of student/teacher contact.
- Degree of Master of Architecture (but in fact, one is trained as designer)
- To practise, the training is 2 years of practice in an architects office
- Continued training: see Programme 1.

Programme 3:
- Academic training of 4 years
- Degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc)
- Academic training of 1.5 years
- Degree of Master of Science (MSc)
- Professional Experience of 2 years at the end of which one is an architect.
- Continued training: see Programme 1.

Programme 4:
- Academic training of 3 years
- Degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Academic training of 2 years
- Degree of Master of Arts (MA)
- Professional Experience of 2 years at the end of which one is an Architect-Artist.
- Continued training: see Programme 1.

Academic education

Entrance examinations Yes, freehand drawing exam is compulsory apart of a required level of final examination of the secondary school.
Duration of academic education 5 years






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