In the Faculty for the Built Environment is responsible for addressing architecture and urban design issues with students, currently at bachelor level, and for promoting research activity at masters, doctorate and post-doctorate levels, in subjects related to the specialization of its resident academic staff members
The teaching and learning and research experiences provided by the resident and visiting staff of the Department have in recent years provided professionals who have, been equipped with training in architecture or urban studies. The new structure of this course is a three-tiered foundation Diploma-Bachelor-Masters education system offering project-based professional masters degree courses in architecture and urban design. The teaching, learning and research experiences provided by the resident and visiting staff of the Department have in recent years provided professionals who are equipped with training in architecture or urban studies, particularly in the final two years of the current course system.
This approach has led to improved applications in the architectural and urban fields, whilst, at the same time, providing a firm platform for postgraduate studies at the University of Malta, or at other overseas universities, in various aspects of architecture or urban design. We encourage you to get in touch with our staff or our Faculty Manager to get to know more about what we offer and how we can help you achieve your vision in this area.
At present, the main research interests of our Department cover the fields of History of Architecture, Architectural Theory, and Urban Design. The Department co-operates closely with the International Institute for Baroque Studies, while in the other fields departmental staff are involved in collaborative projects with their counterparts in operating units of overseas universities. The work of the department is annually monitored by the internal audit operating unit of the University of Malta, and by external examiners who are regularly invited by the University to participate in the examinations of the final year student projects.