Bachelor of Architecture
The ordinary Bachelor Degree
and Integrated Masters in Architecture (A0) to be offered
in KIST is a six year professional degree full time program.The
mission of the this programme is attuned to the mission
of KIST, of anchoring fast national growth and development
through a vibrant construction industry, by supplying sufficient
well trained, creative, competent professional consultants,
contractors, and technicians. ALIGNMENT WITH UNESCO AND
COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS TRAINING GUIDELINES
FOR ARCHITECTS AND THOSE OF OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONAL BODIES
IS ALSO PRIORITISED. Specifically, in this degree training,
this department undertakes to:
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To advance desired positive, stable
social and environmental transformation, in keeping
with the ideals of vision 2020, through the education
of Bachelors in Architecture degree students, with a
distinctive practical professional and creative flavour
and the expected ripple effects in the process they
subsequently guide, of building design led national
development.
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To contribute to the expansion of the
knowledge of Architectural design through programs of
analytical, basic, evaluation, behavioural, and applied
or basic (pure) research, as well as in other creative
inquiry based ventures.
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To use the specialised professional
abilities of faculty in the Department to give guidance
on national Building Design undertakings as the nation
pursues its vision 2020, and to favourably project the
Rwandese experience on the regional and international
scenes.
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To produce graduates with the apposite
professional and design inclinations for leadership
and registration as practicing professionals following
the set path of induction, examination and certification
on graduation.
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To fashion minds that are strong in
inquiry and self-guided learning, who then remain firmly
on a life-long course of continuous self improvement
through self-directed learning, and are able easily
adapt to and provide solutions needed in a fast changing
world.
Teaching and
learning Facilities
1. Design Studios:
the department plans for every promotion a comfortable design
studio, where the students pass their design allocated time.
For first year such studio is available temporally in KIST
I Building.
2. Laboratory infrastructure:
The department plans to implement the ArchiCAD and AutoCAD
laboratories in these coming years. The programme is at
its early stage and all of needed facilities will be implemented
step by step.
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Programme Content
The content of the program is allocated through the whole
six years by years as follows:
Year 1:Architectural Graphics I, Workshop
Technology I, General Communication Skills (English/French),
Solid Geometry, Physical Environment I, Engineering Mathematics,
Engineering Physics, Engineering Chemistry.
Year 2:Architecture Design I, Materials
Science, History of Architecture I, Surveying,
International Computer Driving license, Specific Communication
Skills, Structures I, Economics for Designers, Industrial
attachment I, Physical Environment II.
Year 3:Computer Programming, Building Technology
I, Building Economics I, Landscape
Design, Building Environmental Science I
Year 4:Cultural Ecology & Design determinism,
Urban and Regional Planning, Computer
Aided Design (CAD), Urban Design.
Year 5:Entrepreneurship, Architectural Conservation,
Environment Impact Assessment,
Architectural Management I, Building Law and Regulations I,
Statistics for
Behavioral Research, Human Settlements, Environmental Audit
(EA), Research Methodology.
Year 6:Research Thesis Project, Design Project
Programming, Design Thesis.
Admission requirements
Candidates for admission to the programme will
normally be expected to satisfy the general admission requirements
of the Institute as specified in the KIST and School common
academic regulations. Eligible candidates must have passed
in the Rwandan Senior school level or other equivalent finishing
examinations, after no less than 12 years of primary and secondary
school learning,, and attained a minimum grade B+ in the following
subjects: English, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics.
These candidates must also have obtained a minimum
B+ grade in any one of the following seven (7) subjects: Art,
Design, Drawing, Construction, History, Civics, and Geography.
Government sponsored students are selected
by the Rwanda National Examinations Council, from amongst
students who have satisfactory performance in their A-level
examinations in the Mathematics-Physics combination. Privately
sponsored students who performed well in Math and Physics
at A-level may also be considered for admission, depending
on availability of places.
Information on fees and other admission requirements
can be obtained from the Registrar using contacts below:
The Registrar,
Kigali Institute of Science and Technology,
Avenue de l'Armée, P.O. Box 3900, Kigali,
Rwanda.
Tel: +2502 574698, Fax: +2502571925
Email: registrar@kist.ac.rw
Website: http://www.kist.ac.rw
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