Contiguous master education system

The impact of the connection between education duration and course presentation method on the learning rate of graduates has always been a debatable issue within an integrated holistic or as separate and parallel components. One concrete experience can be seen in the transformation process of the architecture education system since 1999 by changing the degree from a contiguous master's to a bachelor's degree. This mixed research aims to examine the effect of two long-term (contiguous master's degrees) and short-term (bachelor's degrees) on the creativity of architecture graduates. The quantitative data were collected through a Creativity questionnaire by Abedi. For this purpose, 30 graduates of architecture contiguous master's degrees (MSc) and 30 graduates of bachelor's degrees (BA) from the Azad University of Tabriz filled out these questionnaires. The analysis of quantitative data was done through the independent two-sample t-test using SPSS software. Qualitative data were analyzed through grounded theory. The results indicate that long-term architecture education using the mixed method is dynamic and targeted education since it improves the creativity of architects. When an architecture student has high levels of creativity, s/he will be able to find unique design solutions and, therefore, determine their design path and achieve a desirable design by choosing the right concept and idea. According to the studies, if students are taught architectural design with an appropriate teaching method, such as a combined teaching method, their academic creativity can be enhanced.