School of Architecture and Building Sciences (SABS)

Emphasis is on teaching practical with theoretical inputs.   It is mandatory that during the long vacation a student should be attached to a professional office for a minimum period of eight (8) months.  Their performance in this exercise is  confirmed by a member of staff who must visit each student at his station.  The visiting supervisor should hold lengthy discussions with the student workplace supervisor.  Only students who are on their first and last year of study are exempted from practical attachments.  Other notable issues/subjects that are included in our syllabus are a unit on HIV-AIDS and one on  Entrepreneurship.  The school believes in graduating a full-person.

Our graduates are in demand both locally and also internationally.  Others  have successfully started their own practice.

The school is staffed with experts in the different disciplines of the built environment.  Apart from teaching, majorities are also active in the practice.  This is of importance in that apart from getting some of the students to be directly involved in their projects, the lecturers are able to bring to class unmatched knowledge from experience.

Staff from the school are also active both in local and international discourses.  Some have had the opportunity to publish their research findings both in local as well as international academic journals.

The schools programmes are well grounded.  To graduate from any of the programmes in the school, each candidate is required to successfully handle a graduating project.  Graduates are competent and readily find opportunities in the market.

Crispino C. Ochieng’, B. Arch (HONS), M. Arch KuLeuven, PhD Cape Town