School of Architecture

Founded in 1927, the School of Architecture at Oxford Brookes has established an international reputation for the quality of both its research and its teaching. As one of the largest architecture schools in the UK, with around 600 students and 70 staff, it plays a leading role in defining the national, and international, agenda in design education and research.

This year we welcomed around 100 new students from home and overseas onto the undergraduate architecture course, plus 30 onto the interior architecture BA and around 120 onto the diploma in architecture and master's programmes. In addition there are some 40 students on the M.Phil/PhD programme.

Oxford Brookes School of Architecture is recognised as one of the country's leading schools and is consistently ranked by The Architect's Journal as one of the five best schools in the UK. Students from the school figure regularly in national and international prizes and awards and go on to work for many of the best-known practices in the country. In addition Oxford Brookes was chosen by the Royal Institute of British Architects as the sole provider of the RIBA's Office Based Examination (OBE) programme for Part 1 and Part 2.

The School enjoys an international reputation in research, in areas ranging from sustainable design to modular buildings and from design for wellbeing to vernacular architecture. Staff in the department regularly secure research funding from the UK's research councils and the European Union as well as industry, with an annual research grant income averaging £1m in recent years.

This research expertise feeds directly into the teaching programme at all levels, from undergraduate to PhD.