The Department has tended to admit between 5 and 10 students each year to the MPhil in Land Economy (by thesis). Research topics in recent years have included the following:

• English and Welsh rivers: a common law approach to pollution prevention.
• European Monetary Union: an analysis of the potential costs and benefits of UK participation.
• The demand for office space in Central London since the early 1980's: The property cycle as usual or permanent structural change.
• The architectural and social effects of zoning policies: an historical investigation of the Grosvenor estate's developmental methodology.
• Retail planning and the development industry in England with special reference to out of town retail development.
• The application of capital budgeting techniques to commercial property development procedures.
• Environmental contamination and pesticides: Farm decision-making and policy.
• The 'Plan-led System': Its consequences for the production and content of local plans.
• Property valuations: A reliable basis for performance measurement.
• Land Registration in Ghana.
• The European Mortgage Market.
• Formalities in land transactions.