Research is undertaken at PhD level. There are particular interests in energy, sustainability and special needs housing. There are particular interests in energy and sustainability in design and theory projects. There is some housing design input into a Landscape Architecture course. The School also runs a non-professional accredited degree in Architectural Studies, which involves as part of its requirements a dissertation.
Student numbers are small but topics have included sustainable housing.
The teaching of housing design in the undergraduate programme in architecture is perhaps less formal than it was in the past, but it still figures in many studios. At every level from Undergraduate to Research, students frequently undertake written housing studies related to design, particularly so in Urban Design. Within the School, The Centre for Real Estate Management teaches a variety of housing related modules and research in the area is strong. The Post Graduate Development Practices and Vernacular Architecture courses also deal with aspects of housing design and Built Resource Studies with house conversions. There is a separate School of Planning, which with the School of Architecture developed a CIOH Course.