Our Vision

Built for futures

University of the Built Environment has over 106 years’ experience of providing the sector with the highest quality learning opportunities. At any one time, we have more than 4,000 students from more than 100 countries benefiting from our qualifications taught by lecturers who are specialists in their field.

We provide accessible and relevant learning that fits our students’ lives and career goals and enables them to contribute to a sustainable built environment that’s shaped with people in mind.

Central to the University’s vision, both now and in the future, is its core purpose: ‘To provide truly accessible, relevant, and cost-effective education, which enhances careers, increases professionalism and contributes to a sustainable built environment’

Our vision: To be the centre of excellence for built environment education

As the centre of excellence for built environment education, University of the Built Environment is focused on maximising its impact and influence on education and industry. In practical terms, this means striving to deliver greater impact through: student outcomes, widening participation, student satisfaction and reach, whilst increasing influence by offering a greater depth and breadth of education, engaging more with education and industry partners and actively collaborating.