Architects and surveyors work in a variety of organisations, and it is typical for graduates to be employed within smaller, localised firms to begin with before moving on to bigger practices. Regardless of the size of the company, you might benefit from drawing on your work experiences and degree specialisms to determine what would suit you. Planning, construction, urban design and environmental services are just some of the departments that built environment graduates can work within, and these can occur across the sectors.
If you studied architecture, and want to qualify as a registered architect, you will need to complete the final stages of the qualifications recognised by and the . Similarly, if you have completed a quantity surveying degree, you can become chartered by completing the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). There are some good websites below that can help you investigate these in more detail to see if they are right for you.
Researching your career options
With such a wide range of careers open to you as a graduate, it is important to make sure you explore and research your options thoroughly so that you can make informed decisions about your future.Ìý
Take a look at the Prospects and the design association websites for inspiration:Ìý
Employment opportunities
Below is a snapshot of what some of University of Plymouth architecture graduates told us they were doing 15 months after graduation. For some graduates, these jobs serve as ‘stepping stones’ to other roles by providing relevant workplace experience.
- Architect
- Architectural Assistant
- Architectural Designer
- Architectural Intern
- Architectural Technician
- Architectural Technologist
- Architecture Visualization Service
- Assistant Building Surveyor
- Assistant Estate Surveyor
- Assistant Project Manager
- Assistant Quantity Surveyor
- Assistant Site Manager
- Autocad and Building Information Modelling Manager
- BIM Coordinator
- Building Energy Consultant
- Building Surveyor
- CAD Designer
- Construction Manager
- Construction Site Manager
- Consultant
- Contract Manager
- Estimator
- Junior Designer
- Landscape Designer
- Planning Officer
- Site Engineer
- Technical Construction Manager
Employers
- ADG (Architect Design Group)
- AECOM
- Arcadis
- Atelier Build
- Atkins Réalis
- Babcock International
- Bazeley Partnership
- BBH Chartered Architects
- BPG Architects and Surveyors
- Brunel Building Surveyors Limited
- Buckley Gray Yeoman
- Buro Happold
- Carow Design
- CFD Architects
- Clifton Emery Design
- Cook Brown Building Control
- Creative Construction
- Crowther Associates Architects
- Currie & Brown
- David Coles Architects
- David Wilson Partnership
- Deacon Design
- Design Development Limited
- Design Engine Architects
- DLM Architects
- Ercle Architects
- Gardiner & Theobald
- Gilbert & Goode Construction
- Gillespie Yunnie Architects
- Hank Hendriksen Architects Ltd
- Hydrock
- Kier Construction
- Mace Group
- Persimmon Homes
- Rodgers and Jones Architect
- Saunders Boston Architects
- SJP Architectural Consultant
*Data is from the Graduate Outcomes Surveys covering the three years of 2018/19 – 2020/21. Graduates were surveyed 15 months after graduating. Data displayed is for UK-domiciled, first degree, full-time graduates who are working, studying or looking for work.