Student resources

Designing Buildings has a wide range of resources aimed at students of the built environment.

[edit] Career guides

How to become an architect
How to become a civil engineer
How to become a construction manager
How to become an engineer
How to become a quantity surveyor
How to become a landscape designer

[edit] Course guides

If you are studying one of the following (or related) courses, we have compiled lists of articles from across Designing Buildings Wiki that relate to the typical course modules:

[edit] Architecture

See our resources for students studying architecture courses.

[edit] BIM

See our resources for students studying BIM as part of their degree courses.

[edit] Civil engineering

See our resources for students studying civil engineering courses.

[edit] Commercial management and quantity surveying

See our resources for students studying commercial management and quantity surveying courses.

[edit] Construction engineering management

See our module resources for students studying construction engineering management.

[edit] Construction project management

See our resources for students studying construction project management courses.

[edit] Urban design

See our resources for students studying urban design courses.

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[edit] Dissertation guides

Are you working on a construction dissertation?

Read our series of guides here.

[edit] Universities

There are many universities in the UK that have Built Environment and Construction departments. Below is a list of profiles for some of these universities and the courses that they offer. Please add to the list and profiles to help make it more comprehensive.

• University of Aberdeen - School of Engineering
• Abertay Dundee University - Division of Natural and Built Environment
• Anglia Ruskin University - Engineering and the Built Environment
• Aston University - Engineering Systems and Management
• Bath University - Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Birmingham City University - School of the Built Environment
• University of Birmingham - Engineering and Physical Sciences
• Bradford University - Civil and Structural Engineering
• University of Brighton - School of Environment and Technology
• University of Bristol - Faculty of Engineering
• Brunel University - College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
• Cambridge University - Department of Architecture
• Cardiff University - College of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Central Lancashire University - School of Engineering
• City University - Department of Civil Engineering
• Coventry University - School of Energy, Construction and Environment
• De Montfort University - School of Engineering and Sustainable Development, Leicester School of Architecture
• Derby University - College of Engineering and Technology
• Dundee University - School of Science and Engineering, Architecture
• East London University - School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering
• University of Edinburgh - School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Edinburgh Napier University - School of Engineering & the Built Environment
• Glasgow Caledonian University - School of Engineering and Built Environment
• Glasgow School of Art
• Glasgow University - School of Engineering
• Greenwich University - Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Science
• Heriot-Watt University - School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
• Huddersfield University - Department of Art, Design and Architecture
• Hull School of Art and Design - Architecture
• Imperial College - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Kent University - School of Architecture
• Kingston University - Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing
• Leeds Beckett University
• Leeds University - Faculty of Engineering
• Lincoln University - School of Architecture and Design, School of Engineering
• Liverpool John Moores University - Faculty of Engineering and Technology
• Liverpool University - School of Architecture, School of Engineering
• London Metropolitan University - Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design
• London South Bank University - School of the Built Environment and Architecture
• Loughborough University - School of Civil and Building Engineering
• Manchester Metropolitan University - School of Engineering
• Manchester University - School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
• Newcastle University - Architecture, Planning and Landscape.
• Northumbria University - Architecture and Built Environment
• Nottingham Trent University - School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
• University of Nottingham - Department of Architecture and Built Environment
• Oxford Brookes University - School of Architecture, School of the Built Environment
• Plymouth University - School of Architecture, Design and Environment
• Portsmouth University - School of Architecture, School of Civil Engineering and Surveying
• Queens University Belfast - School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Reading University - Architecture, Construction Management and Engineering, Real Estate and Planning
• Robert Gordon University - School of Engineering, The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment
• Royal College of Art - School of Architecture
• University of Salford - School of the Built Environment
• Sheffield Hallam University - Department of the Natural and Built Environment
• Sheffield University - School of Architecture, Civil and Structural Engineering
• Southampton Solent - Built environment
• Southampton University - Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
• University of South Wales - School of Engineering
• Strathclyde University - Faculty of Engineering
• Teeside University - School of Science & Engineering
• The Bartlett - UCL Faculty of the Built Environment
• Ulster University - Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment
• Warwick University - School of Engineering
• University College of Estate Management (UCEM)
• University of Westminster - Architecture and the Built Environment
• University of the West of England - Department of Architecture and the Built Environment
• Wolverhampton University - School of Architecture and Built Environment, School of Engineering

[edit] Colleges

• Barnfield College - Construction
• Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design - Spatial Practices Programme
• College of Estate Management is now University College (please see above)

[edit] Profiles

Interview with Paul Grundy - Architectural Photographer

Interview with Liam Huntley - Commercial Manager

Interview with Harriet Latimer - Graduate Design Engineer

Interview with Stephen Trench - Project Manager