Monday 9 December 2013

Dundee University Architecture Entry Requirements / Failure rates RIBA Part 1

Dundee University - Entrance Requirement/Failure rates for BA (Arch) Architecture, RIBA Part 1

Following a FOI (Freedom of Information Request) to the department of architecture at Dundee University, this the number of students who were failed at the end of their third year from 2005-2013.

YEAR            NUMBERS FAILED TO GAIN AN ORDINARY DEGREE
2005/2006      14 Failed 3rd year at the university of Dundee
2006/2007      15 Failed 3rd year  "   "           "         "        "
2007/2008      14 Failed 3rd year  "   "           "         "        " 
2008/2009      <5 Failed 3rd year  "   "           "         "        " 
2009/2010        7 Failed 3rd year  "   "           "         "        " 
2010/2011        8 Failed 3rd year
  "   "           "         "        " 
2011/2012      <5 Failed 3rd year
  "   "           "         "        "
2012/2013        5 Failed 3rd year  "   "           "         "        "


In 2013, the minimum entrance requirements for the BA Arch (Architecture) course at Dundee are:


QualificationGrade
SQA HigherAABB/ABBBB
GCE A-LevelBBB/ABC (excluding General Studies)

In the last eight academic years at Dundee University least 70 young peoples lives have been shattered, all because their markers didn't like them or their designs.

For the same academic period (2005 - 2013) just 12 students of Economics failed third year. This subject was chosen as a comparison as it has the same minimum entrance requirements as architecture. Therefore, at the University of Dundee an architecture student is more than five times more likely to fail to be awarded a degree than a student of Economics.

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