There is normally a field study trip to a city in mainland Europe, offering all students the opportunity to experience architecture of the highest standard. In the Fourth Year studio, students demonstrate their ability to handle a complex design task in a comprehensive way. Students are normally expected to take the professional training year out after the third year of study. Our educational provision and the skills that we offer students, for example in creative problem-solving and in the use of computers, means that graduates are in great demand. Career opportunities are many and varied - from large multidisciplinary practices to a wide variety of smaller specialist firms.
Many graduates are in highly respected and prestigious architectural practices throughout the world.
For example, in the UK our graduates have been employed by Sir Norman Foster, Ted Cullinan, Zaha Hadid and Rick Mather, and in the US by Emilio Ambasz, Peter Eisenman, Rafael Moneo and Richard Meier. The broad-based nature of the Architectural Studies degree has also allowed recent graduates to explore other career options. Some have become web-page designers, theatre set designers and computer games designers. Others have gone on to work in the film and music industries.