Objectives:We aim to develop future inter-disciplinary professionals who master major architectural theories and are competitive in research, development and innovation, performing high-potentially in architectural theory research and engineering，in the five research areas of metropolitan architecture and its environmental design, historical architecture and its environmental protection and renewal design, residential architectural design, architecture and urban green environmental technology, urban design

Curriculum :Modern Architectural Theory, Architectural Design Methods, Architectural and Urban Research Methods, Research-based Design, and Architectural Thematic Design (including architecture and environmental design, history of architecture and theory and heritage protection thematic design, residential architecture and environmental design, technical thematic design, green construction thematic design, and urban design).

Featured courses: Including Modern Architectural Theory and Architecture and Urban Research Methods.

Career paths: Students following this pathway have all the career choices as described for architectural design, urban design, research, planning, management and engineering consulting. Also, students of this pathway are ideally placed to work in survey and design institutes, engineering design companies, professional research institutes, government agencies, and real estate companies.