Postgraduate Taught and Research
Professor Henrik Schoenefeldt
KSAP Graduate School – Studying architecture in dual-intensive university.
Based at a dual-intensive university, KSAP shows commitment to excellence in research and teaching. The fruits of this commitment has been shown in the national research ranking of architecture schools within the UK. In the Research Excellent Framework KASP came 6th place, reflecting the quality of its research as well as the practical impact of this research outside academia. KSAP is still a relatively young, but over the last twelve years established itself as a school with a strong research culture. This is not only reflected in the intensity of the research undertaken by academic staff, but also in the extent of postgraduate teaching. Our body of research students, which forms part of the KSAP Graduate School, has been growing steadily. Alongside the PhD in Architecture, KSAP is offering various specialist postgraduate programmes with a research focus that lead to the award of an MA or MSc. As shown in the diagram below, these programmes enable three different pathways. The first is the standard pathway, leading towards professional accreditation by the Architectural Registration Board (ARB). The second is the specialist pathway that can lead to a career in consultancy within different areas of expertise, such as sustainability, architectural conservation, visualisation and planning. The third is the research pathway in the form of PhD, yet the MA and MSc programmes also function bridges bridge between the BA and PhD.
This year the first cohort of the PGDip in Professional Practice successfully completed their studies, with students receiving professional accreditation as architects from ARB. This was a significant milestone in the development of the school, as it meant that it could cover all stages of architectural education.
The next few years, however, will also involve a lot of change. This year the facilities of school will undergo an extension and refurbishment, which is based on a design by the architect Sam Jacobs. The aim is to create more and better adapted space for our growing student cohort, which will include dedicated space for postgraduate students. Yet, substantial changes in some of our programmes are also afoot. Earlier this year the ARB has announced plans to substantial changes in the structure of architectural education at a national level, which will have implications for the development of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. However, it also offers new opportunity in furthering advancing a research ethos within the education of built environment professionals.
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