Historic Building Conservation MSc

Master

In Surrey

£ 8,185 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Surrey

  • Duration

    2 Years

The course is designed to balance strategic analysis with a good working knowledge of core techniques. You will acquire the skills and knowledge to extend your current practice and/or gain knowledge and expertise in new areas. You will work with a range of professionals and specialists to broaden your understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the field. A week-long field trip to a European city will provide the opportunity to further develop your technical knowledge and embed it within a practice scenario.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Surrey
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Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7LB

Start date

On request

About this course

The course is recognised by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC)
The course is fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and on successful completion graduates in suitable employment, will be able to proceed to the RICS final assessment programme. The course team works with a variety of different organisations, including Historic Royal Palaces, building preservation trusts, Historic England, specialist practitioners, craftsmen and contractors.
The course is consciously interdisciplinary and international. Current and former students include archaeologists, architects, architectural technologists, chartered surveyors, craftsmen, engineers, and project and construction managers.
The course provides opportunities to work alongside other postgraduates in the Faculty and the wider university, including those studying architecture, and landscape architecture.
Graduates are employed in a range of different roles including statutory bodies, international, non-governmental organisations, national and regional charitable trusts, private consultancy, professional firms and specialist contractors.
The programme is offered in both full and part-time modes and the course team particularly welcomes applications from those already working within the heritage and conservation sectors, construction professions, building crafts and the wider construction industry. Applications will also be considered from graduates with non-cognate first degrees but who are looking for a career change and are currently employed or actively engaged in heritage and/or conservation.

Our programme is both inclusive of a wide range of professions and disciplines and supportive of those looking to develop new knowledge and skill. Advice is offered throughout, to encourage you to develop your individual career trajectory, building on your existing and your developing knowledge and skills. The Historic Building Conservation MSc helps prepare you for roles such as:

Office holders within advisory or regulatory bodies, supporting the wider remit of historic building conservation
Positions within private and voluntary organisations working on historic fabric
Specialist roles within your current profession, supporting your application to specialist registers
Independent consultancy
Community support and liaison for local heritage projects
Academic research

Applicants should normally have a 2:1 or 1st class degree. This can be in any discipline, although a related subject is an advantage.
Some experience of working in the industry would also be useful.

This course is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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Subjects

  • Conservation
  • Historic Buildings
  • Analysing
  • Repair and Renewal
  • Pathology
  • Economics
  • Legislation
  • Historic Environments
  • IHBC
  • Historic England

Course programme

Course structure

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Modules
  • Analysing and Condition of Historic Buildings
  • Defects and Pathology, Repair and Renewal
  • Legislation and Economics for Historic Buildings
  • Regeneration and Conservation of Historic Environments
  • Research Project / Dissertation
Key features
  • The course is recognised by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC).
  • The course is fully accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and on successful completion graduates in suitable employment, will be able to proceed to the RICS final assessment programme.
  • The course team works with a variety of different organisations, including Historic Royal Palaces, building preservation trusts, Historic England, specialist practitioners, craftsmen and contractors.
  • The course is consciously interdisciplinary and international. Current and former students include archaeologists, architects, architectural technologists, chartered surveyors, craftsmen, engineers, and project and construction managers.
  • The course provides opportunities to work alongside other postgraduates in the Faculty and the wider university, including those studying architecture, and landscape architecture.

Additional information

Overseas Fee  (not EU) 2019/20 - : 

MSc full time £15,300
MSc part time £8,415

Historic Building Conservation MSc

£ 8,185 VAT inc.