A good Honours degree in a relevant discipline, for example, Architecture, Town Planning, Surveying, Architectural History and Archaeology Corporate membership of a professional institution, for example, RIBA, RTPI, RICS, CIOB and IoHBC Other qualifications deemed appropriate by the Admissions Panel Entry to the course is in alternate years, with the next entry in 2001. The programme enhances participants' professional profiles. It has an excellent reputation and many of its graduates occupy positions of responsibility in private practice and local authorities.
Attendance is one day a week, with additional short periods for study visits in the UK and abroad.
It offers a coherent and stimulating educational package for those concerned with historic buildings, conservation areas and their problems. The dissertation involves in-depth study of a particular subject or issue. The programme features a range of visits to historic buildings, gardens, conservation areas, workshops and other places of special interest. Staff lecturers are drawn from across the Faculty and include architects, surveyors and town planners. Visiting lecturers come from English Heritage, universities, specialist private practices and local authorities.