UFS offers three masters programmes:

• BC470314 MArch (Professional) is aimed at students that obtained the BArch and BArchHons degrees,
• BC480314 MArch (Design) is aimed at practicing architects with the old BArch (Professional) degree, with a substantial body of
work that they can analyze and present to the benefit of the profession, and
• BC480314 MArch (Research) is aimed at architectural scholars that would do research on a particular aspect of architecture.

The MArch (Professional) degree is linked to a RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) programme.  UFS consider applicants with a NQF level 7 qualification and minimum of seven years of registration with SACAP for part time, two years of study.
All applicants to the different UFS programmes in architecture must go through a selection process to be admitted.