Architectural Studies

Program concentrations:
Urban Planning and Landscape
Theory of Architecture

Awarded qualification: PhD in Architecture

The program coordinators:
Nana Kutateladze, PhD in Architecture, TSAA Associate Professor
Boris Olubchikov, PhD in Architecture, TSAA Invited Professor

Name of the educational program: Architectural Researches

Awarded qualification: 1101 PhD in Architecture
Prerequisite for admission to the program: Master's degree or equivalent academic degree, foreign language examination (level B II), presentation (presentation format is described in details in the proviions of the doctoral studies of the Faculty of Architecture).

Brief description of the program

One of the priorities of Tbilisi Apolon Kutateladze State Academy of Arts is scientific research of architecture and creation of new knowledge in this field. The aim of the doctoral program of architectural researches is study of wide range of issues included in urban planning, landscape and architecture theories, which will play an important role in solving the urgent problems of traditional or modern architecture, will make a significant contribution to the development of the field, and will clearly define the role and place of Georgian architecture on the scale of the world architecture.
The goal of the doctoral program is to educate modern researchers in the field of architecture and their preparation for pedagogical activities in a higher educational institution.
The PhD program of architectural researches includes two program concentrations:

Urban Planning and Landscape
Architecture theory

The program develops broad, general as well as essential field competences of architecture science. Each program concentration contains specific research issues, at the same time they are united by the methodology of teaching and learning, specifics and principles of modern research methods.

The Program Structure

The doctoral program includes 180 credits and consists of training and research components, including:

1. Learning component - 60 credits;

The learning component includes compulsory training courses, seminars and pedagogic practices.

Faculty subjects (compulsory) - 20 ECTS
Seminar in specialty (compulsory) - 20 ECTS
Interdisciplinary Seminar (compulsory, elective) - 10 ECTS
Pedagogical practice -10 ECTS
2. Research component - 120 credits.
The research component includes:
Colloquiums (2 colloquiums); 20 ECTS
Realization of a (qualification) research thesis and its defense / public presentation. 100 ECTS