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About the department

Mission 

To maintain the Education Department as the foremost authority in architectural education in the UK, raising standards and promoting excellence, and advancing our reputation overseas in pursuit of the same aim.

Aims 

• To encourage diversity, foster research and to strengthen the academic integrity of the arts and sciences of architecture as the bedrock for a mature, contemporary and socially responsible practising profession. 
• To enhance provision of high quality professional programmes of architectural education and to encourage experimentation, innovation and contemporary relevance in course delivery and teaching methods to strengthen the overall education of architects. Further, to stimulate critical self-analysis in schools to assist in achieving their objectives.
• To enhance a greater understanding of the purpose, structure, content and delivery of architectural education to external audiences in the UK and overseas.
• To ensure that the focus and direction of architectural education is relevant to the needs of architectural practice, clients and society at large.
• To respond to changes in the profession, construction industry and society to ensure that future architects are appropriately skilled and educated for the needs and demands of the 21st Century.