Doctor of Architecture

Providing post-graduate candidates with opportunities for and guidance and supervision in advanced, original, highly specialised, scientific study, thereby making a contribution to the international body of knowledge in architecture and its related fields and demonstrating competence in documenting the research in accordance with pre-requisite, internationally-accepted standards of excellence.

• An M.Arch degree

Alternatively

• An equivalent qualification approved by the Senate of UPE.

Alternatively

• A B.Arch. degree plus seven years of appropriate post-graduate experience to be assessed on the basis of extent and quality, which may require the candidate to write a special entrance examination.

Competence in

• communicating creative, original thought;
• demonstrating insight and reasoning skills associated with philosophical debate;
• applying sound qualitative and quantitative research methodology;
• planning and conducting empirical research, accurate surveys, investigations and analyses using appropriate methods and resources,
• deriving, analysing and accurately interpreting information from data and other sources of information;
• recording information from documents or other sources;
• compiling appropriate research dissertations and theses.

Research proposals for the thesis require approval by the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Economic Sciences prior to finalisation of a learner's registration procedures.

The study promoter/s, two or more examiners and moderators are appointed by the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Economic Sciences.

Continuous supervision and evaluation by the promoter/s of submissions leading to completion of a thesis and fulfilment of the requirements for the degree.