Some recent graduate destinations have been Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, Watts and Partners, Donaldsons, DTZ and Richard Ellis. The focus of the programme is the study and evaluation of building performance. While achieving a basic competence in a range of disciplines, emphasis is placed on their integration through studio-based projects and assignments. In the studios the skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation are developed into solving practice-related problems. The studio assignments, which embrace the various facets of property development, maintenance, adaptation and renewal, assist students to develop professional skills and prepare them for the world of work.
Assessment is by a combination of examinations and increasingly by continuously assessed coursework.
Work in the studio programmes is seen as being of particular importance, not only to reinforce, consolidate and integrate the major subject areas of the programme, but also to provide a learning environment in which every student can develop his or her maximum potential. All applicants are invited to attend one of a series of open days held throughout the year. Individual visits can be arranged at other times by appointment.