• Click "Apply" button on this webpage.

• Create an account or log in, then complete the online application form. Pay the £60 deposit to proceed.

• Log in to your Application Portal to finalize full fee payment and monitor your application status (step-by-step guide on using the Application Portal)

Deposit payment holds your place on the course but does not confirm it. A CV, Portfolio or Cover Letter are not required for standard applications. Full-time AA Students and Melbourne University Students must register with their university email to automatically apply the reduced fee. If you cannot apply online, contact the Visiting School Office.

Deadline for standard applications is 21 June 2025.

All participants travelling from abroad are responsible for securing any visa required and are advised to contact their home embassy early. An official Confirmation letter can be issued by AA Visiting School confirming enrolment onto the programme once an applicant has settled their deposit payment.

Programme Heads:

Doreen Bernath is an architect and a theorist trained at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association (AA). She is currently Executive Editor of The Journal of Architecture, trustee of the Society of Architectural Historian Great Britain, and a co-founder of research collectives ThisThingCalledTheory and Translocality. In parallel to teaching widely at different institutions, she teaches at the AA across PhD and postgraduate programmes and her publications have appeared internationally. She was a founding-director of the interdisciplinary platform DEZACT and AAVS Uncommon Walks ‘Pedestric Radicals’, as well as co-leader of MArch research and design studio Cinematic Commons at Leeds School of Architecture. She is also the co-founder of research agency Office At Sea.

K.B. Izac Tsai is a designer, an architect, an artist, a researcher, a historian, a theorist, a radio programme producer and presenter. He finished his RIBA part I and II at the AA and had also completed his Bachelors in Mass Communications and Masters in Marketing in Canada and the United States. His PhD at the Architectural Association focuses in economic and maritime history of cities in the Far East and Southeast Asia. He has competed and shortlisted in design competitions, and has been invited to present his work at London School of Economics, University of Norwich and University of Denver. He has taught at Leeds School of Architecture and University of Norwich. He is currently developing a multi-disciplinary platform for art, architecture, design, research and media that bridges knowledge from different backgrounds to experiment new possibilities. He is the founder of design studio Atelier KBITA (Taipei) and THE EMBASSY BÜRÓ (London) and co-founder of research agency Office At Sea.