Design

About this course

Design at Cambridge is an unusual and ambitious degree that deliberately dissolves the boundaries between architecture, engineering, and materials science, asking students to bring all three together in addressing some of the most consequential challenges facing the built environment. Climate change, resource scarcity, urban growth, and the need to design buildings and infrastructure that are both functional and sustainable are not problems that can be solved from within any single discipline, and this degree is built on the conviction that the most significant solutions will come from designers who can think fluently across all three fields. At the University of Cambridge this four-year full-time programme combines rigorous scientific and mathematical training with design thinking and creative problem-solving, developing graduates who can engage with global issues in the built environm

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 43% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 24% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 9% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 2% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 3% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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