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.