Architectural history
Study part-time with Oxford University
Short courses for beginners and professionals
Learn to ‘read’ architecture in a critically informed way, and to recognise and differentiate between major architectural styles with a short course in Oxford or online.
We also offer a programme of courses and workshops providing expert training for professionals in the historic environment, archaeology, museums and heritage sectors.
Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
Many of our short courses, including short online courses (live and flexible), weekly classes in Oxford, and some summer schools, can be studied for credit, which means they can count towards a recognised qualification such as our Undergraduate Certificate of Higher Education.
We also offer two part-time postgraduate programmes in architectural history:
Upcoming courses
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Join our experts to understand the role of colonialism in shaping contemporary cities. Critically examine how colonial logics in urban development can reinforce spatial inequalities, dispossession and exclusion, and how we can ‘counterplot’ against them.
- Wed 10 Jun 2026
- 1 meetings
- 9:00am – 4:30pm
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Take part in an expert-led wargaming experience focused on protecting cultural heritage in conflict. Gain practical insight into safeguarding civilians, shaping better decisions, and understanding today’s complex battlespace.
- Wed 17 Jun 2026
- 1 meetings
- 9:00am – 5:00pm
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Significance is now a core concept within our planning process. Its assessment is a key part of management and development within the historic environment. This course will introduce the process, explore the ways in which they can be used, and more.
- Tue 07 Jul 2026 – 09 Jul 2026
- 3 meetings
- 09.15 Tues - 16.45 Thurs
Qualifications
The programme is defined broadly to include the built and designed landscape, and aspects of interior design and is designed to enable students to undertake individual research.
Qualifications • Professional development
A part-time doctoral programme that provides students an opportunity to pursue rigorous research about the challenges of urban sustainability.
Qualifications • Professional development
Address the urgent challenges we face to make our cities more liveable, just and sustainable in a challenging global environment, through our part-time master's programme – for working professionals worldwide.
Related courses and spotlights
Cultural heritage training
Expert CPD tuition for those with a keen interest, professional or personal, in archaeology, historic buildings and cultural heritage.Undergraduate Certificate of Higher Education
Study your passion and discover new ideas with Oxford’s flexible, part-time Certificate of Higher Education – designed for learners who want to learn widely, deeply, and on their own terms.Postgraduate Certificate in Architectural History
This 11-month part-time course covers English architectural history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. The course consists of three taught units and a dissertation.DPhil in Architectural History
The programme is defined broadly to include the built and designed landscape, and aspects of interior design and is designed to enable students to undertake individual research.Student spotlights
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