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School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering (ABCE)
Architecture
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Key skills developed during your degree
An Architecture degree develops many skills including
- Imaginative and creative thinking skills
- Information management
- Analysis, critical thinking and attention to detail
- Self-reflection
- Communication and visualisation
- Multi-disciplinary team-work
- IT and digital design skills
- Understanding of materials and the built environment, structural and construction technologies
- Commercial awareness
- Organisation and project management
- Appreciation of history, and legal, cultural and environmental issues
Career options
Career areas related to the Architecture courses:
- Architect
- Architectural Technologist/Technician
- Building Control Surveyor
- CAD Technician
- Civil Engineering Consultant
- Design Engineer
- Fire Risk Assessor
- Interior and Spatial Designer
- Town Planner
- Urban Designer
Careers where your degree would be useful:
- Building Surveyor
- Commerical/Residential Surveyor
- Construction Manager
- Estates Manager
- Estimator
- Facilities Manager
- Industrial Designer
- Historic Buildings Inspector/Conservation Officer
- Landscape Architect
- Planning and Development Surveyor
- Production Designer/Theatre/Television/Film
- Property Developer
- Rural Practice Surveyor
- Structural Engineer
- VFX Artist
Remember 60% of graduate roles are open to all disciplines. During your during your degree you will develop many skills that are valued in a variety of sectors, including consultancy, management and information technology.
You can also look at other course pages depending on other modules you have taken and/or are interested in.
Further study
Further study at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ:
The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering offers postgraduate courses in a variety of disciplines
The School also offers PhD / MPhil research opportunities
Further study elsewhere:
Postgraduate taught programmes:
PhD opportunities:
Where do graduates go?
What do º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Architecture graduates do?
Architecture graduates have gone on to destinations where:
Employers included:
Barclay + Phillips Architects, David Morley Architects, Hudson Architects, Jo Cowen Architects, Sevenoaks District Council, Studio Spicer Architects and The Orchard School of Cookery.
Roles included:
Architectural Assistant, Draftsman, Level 7 Architectural Assistant, Part 2 Architectural Assistant and Recruitment Assistant.
Further Study included:
Architecture graduates undertook postgraduate courses or PhDs at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ, Manchester Metropolitan University and The Royal College of Art.
Further information
For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website. You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and track the career journeys and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ experiences of some of our alumni.
Resources to research career areas
- Prospects - Architect Profile
- RIBA - Becoming an Architect
- Architects Registration Board
- RIBA - Professional Education and Development Resource (PEDR)
- RIBA Chartership
- RIBA East Midlands
- RIBA – Careers Advice
- RIBA Future Architects
- RIBA – Future Trends Survey 2024
- Directory of firms involved in conservation and restoration
- Architects Journal
- Follow industry related interest groups on LinkedIn e.g. Architecture Career Forum, RIBA, Death by Architecture, Architect and Architects Journal.
Resources to find experience, placements and graduate jobs
Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further.
Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.
- See Target Connect for vacancies and opportunities
Other useful links
- Building Design Jobs
- Career Structure
- Careers In Construction
- RIBA - Jobs
- Architecture Jobs UK
- Dezeen Jobs Listing
- Student Ladder - Architecture
- Check out public sector listings such as jobsgopublic
- Specialist recruitment consultancies for architecture e.g. Hays
- Agency Central - recruitment agency directory
- How Can I Increase My Employability? - All º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Careers
- RateMyPlacement
- Indeed: How to gain work experience for architecture careers
- Indeed – How to write an architect CV
- RIBA – CVs and Cover Letters
- RIBA – How to write the perfect CV article
- RIBA What's On
- LRSA Events
- Talentview Construction free to use recruitment platform for a range of opportunities in the Construction industry
Professional bodies, sector and labour market information (LMI)
Professional bodies:
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
- Royal Society of Ulster Architects
- Architects Registration Board
- Leicestershire and Rutland Society of Architects
Sector and labour market information (LMI):
- Arch Daily Architecture news
- UK Architecture company listing
- Designboom Architecture projects in the UK
- Dezeen Architecture News and Projects
- Choosing an Architecture Practice - All º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Careers