Arrive ready for your architecture degree.
The 7-Day Insider's Guide to Studying Architecture is an on-line, on-demand course for students aged 17 to 19 who are preparing to start an architecture degree - or still weighing it up.
Based on 18 years of running the first-year Architectural Design Studio at the University of Nottingham, it gives you a real look at what studying architecture is actually like - so you can hit the ground running from day one. Divided over 7 days, the course contains video lessons, practical exercises and accompanying handouts. Available now, from £115.
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The 7-Day Insider's Guide to Studying Architecture
Learn more about the Year 1 Architectural Design Studio. The foundational knowledge on which the rest of the degree, and an architect's career, is built.
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1:1 Mentoring & Tutorials
One-to-one online tutorials for students preparing for, or already studying for their degree.
Portfolio guidance, design development and drawing support - whenever you need it.
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Portfolio of Drawings
Drawings and photographs from my travels across the UK, Europe and Asia.
Explore how architects and designers observe and record the world.
MEET LIZ
Associate Professor and Head of the Year 1 Architectural Design Studio at the University of Nottingham (2004-22).
Over 18 years I taught more than 3,600 students, oversaw a studio of 155 students each academic year, working with my team of around 35 staff. As Head of Year 1, I supported students through the transition from school to university - one of the most challenging and formative years of an architecture degree.
The 7-Day Insider's Guide is built directly from that experience.
Read about my background
"The course fully prepared me for my first semester of Studio.
Everything we had to learn, I was already capable of, thanks to the course."
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Andreea T
Year 1 Architecture Student 2025-26 Coventry University
"The course gave me a much stronger foundation in architectural thinking, the importance of drawings as a means of communication, and the value of thinking beyond conventional solutions.
It gave me knowledge and perspectives on architecture that I would not have gained through school alone."
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Karina K - Course Graduate 2026
THE LATEST FROM THE COURSE
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Day 3 - Clients / People
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Day 4 - Site Context
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Day 5 - Natural Light
MY TOP 3 MYTHS ABOUT STUDYING ARCHITECTURE.
Discover three common misconceptions people often have about studying architecture at university.
