We make, create, design and build. We’re planners and problem solvers. We draw lines, and we break boundaries.
We are the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment.
We are 3,000 students, five departments and one school. We stand halfway between science and philosophy; between tradition and disruption. We embrace theoretical rigour, and insist on hands-on experience for all our students. We celebrate design heritage, and we invite innovation.
We’re a nationally renowned stage for talent in making and design. We investigate the physicality of tools and tech, glass and grass, bricks and mortar; we explore the abstract excitement of ideas and creative philosophies.
A community of designers and makers
We’re a diverse school, committed to widening professional prospects. In every aspect of architecture, design and the built environment, we emphasise the availability of opportunities for everyone. Our only criteria is talent – and our only condition is hard work.
With a worldwide reputation for excellence in teaching and research, one of the School’s biggest strengths is our global network of trusted industry partners. These relationships are great news for the quality and scope of your learning – through placements and exciting live projects, you’ll have the chance to work with a wide range of internationally recognised companies.
On a conceptual level, we’re about the art, science and business of making and design: on a practical level, we’re investing that knowledge in smart cities, energy and sustainability projects, and huge global partnerships.
We’re a provider of industry-accredited learning; a worldwide centre for professional connections; and a hub for some of the UK’s most exciting collaborations and research projects.
But most of all, we’re a community.
Latest News
Device uses psychology to help combat gaming addiction
Thu 22 Jul 2021
IAD students produce designs for one-of-a-kind charity concept shop with Re-Fashion
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Nottingham Trent University student team win Engineering for People Design Challenge
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Student with epilepsy designs wearable seizure hat to help others stay safe
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Product Design students celebrate success at the Starpack Students awards
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Final year Architecture student wins internship at Architecture North
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Our Research Centres
Product Innovation Centre
Product Innovation Centre
The Product Innovation Centre is an internationally leading multidisciplinary Centre which offers innovative research and technology solutions through an interdisciplinary product design and engineering team, addressing global challenges towards creating a positive impact to industry, people’s lifestyles and society..
Centre of the Built Environment
Centre of the Built Environment
The Centre of the Built Environment research covers residential and commercial real estate economics, finance and investment, planning and development, construction management, fuel poverty, engineering solutions for the built environment, sustainability and climate change.
Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Global Heritage
Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Global Heritage
The Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Global Heritage focuses on the investigation of human aspects of architecture, spatial practices, urban heritage, material culture and the built environment within the ever-changing urban and social structures of contemporary cities. Our research, development and consultancy provide cutting edge innovation, creativity and analysis of historic centres, buildings and world heritage sites in the UK, Europe and globally.
Our latest publications
The degradation of stored domestic waste water for re-use in WC flushing
Contaminants in urban stormwater
Urban stormwater quality improvement through the use of permeable pavements: the performance and potential of an experimental structure
An experimental and numerical study of hydrous transfer within fibrous-cement slates
Biodegradable hydraulic fluids: Reducing oil-related pollution in the construction industry (part 1)
Flow modelling in an urban stormwater catchment
90% of School of ADBE graduates who entered employment are in a 'High Skilled' role 15 months after finishing their degree (latest Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017-18)
We've got the largest number of year-long placement undergraduates studying architecture, building and planning in the UK (HESA 2021
We're ranked in the UK's Top 10 for our Building and Town and Country Planning courses (Guardian League Tables 2021)
Our Land and Property Management courses are ranked 5th in the UK (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021)
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