
Our staff have excellent and expanding records in attracting research grants, an extensive range of local, national, European and international research contacts, and a track-record of research collaboration with institutions from around the world.
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise Planning was ranked 4th nationally on the quality of its work and for Architecture, 60% of research outputs were ranked in the categories world leading or showing international excellence.
Research, consultancy and practice are all seen as providing valuable inputs into the education of architecture, town planning, urban design, digital architecture, urban conservation and landscape architecture students.