Historic Building Conservation FdSc

This foundation degree programme will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to develop your career in historic building conservation. There are a great many historic buildings: awareness of the need to ensure ongoing and productive use of these structures is becoming more and more evident. This includes protecting buildings because of historic interest or importance and because existing buildings contain vast amounts of embodied carbon: their preservation can form part of the solution for tackling global warming.

When the FdSc programme is passed successfully, you will be able to apply for direct entry onto the BSc (Hons) top-up. This one-year final undergraduate level of study provides professional underpinning and opportunity. Upon completion, you can seek employment to support you in undertaking your Assessment of Professional Competence. This leads to chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

The combination of these programmes also supports you in preparing to start the practice period required to become a member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation.

After you graduate

You'll graduate with the knowledge and skills needed to work in historic building conservation for a specialist contractor or consultancy, a local authority or building trust, or a major national heritage organisation, such as English Heritage or Historic England. 

Graduates have gone on to work at prestigious venues such as the British Museum in London and the Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben.

Several graduates have chosen to progress to the MSc Historic Building Conservation, a specialist interdisciplinary postgraduate course in the Department of Architecture and Landscape.

The FdSc and BSc (Hons) top-up are recognised by the IHBC. You will also be able to start the practice period with a view to becoming a full member of the Institute. Following completion of the BSc (Hons) top-up, you will be eligible to seek employment which would support you in undertaking your Assessment of Professional Competence, leading to Chartered membership of the RICS.