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The Design course combines architecture, engineering, and material science in one degree. It will challenge you to think about global problems, like climate change, and how to solve them.

At Cambridge, you'll have the opportunity to design solutions to a range of environmental and social challenges.

Design at Cambridge

You will learn how small and large-scale designs influence people, cultures, economies and the natural world. The designs you study will be wide ranging. The course is centred on multi-disciplinary design in the built environment. But you'll also cover the design of physical objects, apps, artificial intelligence and electronics.

The course is structured around a series of core studio projects. The goal of each project is for you to create solutions to real-world problems. As part of this, you will learn about:

• sustainability in design
• how the science of sustainability and engineering can inform design

Outside of the studio, you will study related subjects. These include:

• design history
• environmental design
• mathematics
• engineering
• natural sciences

You'll then have the opportunity to apply this knowledge to your design projects.

Teaching and facilities

Teaching

The course is taught by a combination of:

• practising engineers, architects and designers in studio
• academics at the forefront of research in the fields of sustainability and design, resilience

The research we do includes:

• work on refugee camps
• studying the effect of earthquakes on structures
• creating a more inclusive environment
• participatory design through our forthcoming urban room
• the use of traditional and new sustainable building materials

Your future career

The Design degree crosses different disciplines.

You will gain the knowledge and skills needed for careers in the built environment and a range of technical and creative sectors. You will also get a strong grounding in programming and mathematics, opening up fields such as AI and finance.

The route you take through the course will help to shape your future career. For example, you may choose to explore careers:

• in the built environment
• in manufacturing
• in the design sector
• or as an entrepreneur

• You could also choose to continue to a PhD in a particular area of the course that interests you, such as emerging materials.