With currently over 80 PhD students and 100 Taught Masters students from the UK, Europe and further afield, the School has one of the largest cohorts of architecturally based research students in the UK, reflecting its pre-eminence in the field of architectural research. The Graduate School embraces these Doctoral and Taught Masters programmes, it fosters links between post-graduate students and research staff, and supports the flourishing research culture within the School.

Our postgraduate research is intrinsically inter-disciplinary and is open to students with an interest in any aspect of architectural research. These include histories, theories, practices and politics of architecture, environmental design (lighting, acoustics and the thermal environment), sustainability and structures, design processes and user behaviour, computer-aided design, emergent systems and complexity, socio-technical systems (particularly related to sustainable energy technologies) urban design and development, community design and participation, places and placemaking, children’s environments, feminist approaches, and transformative education. We also encourage proposals for research by design and research by practice.