Built environment
What’s on offer for postgraduates?
Built environment is a small but diverse field. It ranges from the multidisciplinary programs (e.g. planning) to more narrow, industry-defined areas such as construction management.
Prerequisites vary accordingly, but many of these postgraduate programs are open to those who work outside the built environment field who want to enter it, as well as those in it who want to branch out. A small proportion are postgraduate research programs.
Those entering built environment should be aware that ties to the volatile building and construction industry make it more vulnerable to the economic cycle.
The experience and rewards
Visit the University Ratings section for built environment course ratings or to see how built environment rates in the Fields of Study Compared table.
Employment prospects in this field vary with the cycles of the construction industry but they are currently good. However, most built environment graduates were not very impressed with their programs, giving their teaching and overall experience low ratings in the latest Course Experience Questionnaire survey. Graduates salary levels are average, sitting at $65,434.
For more information
If you are interested in postgraduate study in built envrionment you should also browse through the architecture profile. If your interests are in the planning and management side of things, see also programs/specialisations in fields such as environmental studies , humanities and social sciences , and business and management . If you are on the technical side, see the engineering and surveying fields.
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