The year 2000 was the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Architecture. In the same year, Professor R.B. Frewer was named Head and Chair Professor of the Department. Concurrently, the post-graduate Architectural Conservation Program (ACP) was established with the support of UNESCO under the Department of Architecture. It leads to a foundation Postgraduate Diploma in Conservation and an advanced Master of Science in Conservation; research Ph.D. studies are also offered. The program addresses the growing need of the region for an expertise in the area of built-heritage conservation. The Master of Interdisciplinary Design and Management was introduced in 2002 for mid-careered professionals wanting to pursue/up-date their knowledge of current issues within the design/engineering fields.

In the year 2000, Professor K.W.Chau was made Chair Professor of the Department of Real Estate and Construction. He was also elected Dean of the Faculty in 2002. In the same year, Professor D.P.Y. Lung was elected as Head of Architecture. Mr H.F. Leung was elected in 2003 as Head of the Department of Real Estate and Construction followed by Dr Daniel C.W. Ho in 2006.

In early 2006, Professor R. Lerner was named Dean of the Faculty and the Chair of the Department of Architecture while Mr L.L. Lu was elected as the Head of Architecture. In the fall semester, leading architects and architectural academics/critics such as Professor/Architect Elizabeth Diller, Professors/Architects Todd Williams, Billie Tsien and Professor/Architect Preston Scott Cohen, Professor/Architect Toshiko Mori, Architect Jesse Reiser, Architect Nanako Umemoto, Architect Nasrin Seraji, Architect Itsuko Hasegawa came to the Faculty of Architecture to deliver lectures – often to overflowing lecture theatres.

In 2007, Professor D. P.Y. Lung was made the first Chair Professor for UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage Resources Management.

Following the reorganization of the Centre of Urban Planning and Management in July 2008, the Department of Urban Planning and Design was established in the Faculty to continue the teaching of urban planning, and related areas in housing management and transport, together with urban design that was transferred from the Department of Architecture. Professor A. Yeh was appointed as the Head of the Department. The year 2008 also saw the successful expansion of the Master of Landscape Architecture Program, with the establishment of the Division of Landscape Architecture and the change from a biennial to annual intake of students. This paved the way for the development of the new undergraduate program, Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies BA(AS) major in Landscape Architecture which received UGC approval in June 2008. Mr L.H.C. Chen was appointed as the Head of the Division.

In early 2009, Mr J.D. Solomon and Dr S. W. Poon were appointed as Acting Heads of the Department of Architecture and the Department of Real Estate and Construction respectively.

Currently, the Faculty of Architecture offers programs in its three departments and one division that cover breadth and depth in the professional as well as the academic research fields of Architecture, Real Estate and Construction, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture.

The Department of Architecture offers the undergraduate program of Bachelor of Architectural Studies and the accredited professional program of Master of Architecture. The Department also offers Masters Program in Conservation and Postgraduate Research degrees of MPhil and PhD.

The Department of Real Estate and Construction offers the professionally accredited undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Surveying (with options in Economics or Finance), the Post-graduate Master of Science in Construction Project Management, Master of Science in Real Estate, and Master of Interdisciplinary Design and Management and Postgraduate Research degrees of MPhil and PhD.

The Department of Urban Planning and Design offers the Bachelor and Masters of Science in Housing Management. It also offers other Masters Programs including the Master of Urban Design, the Master of Science in Urban Planning and the Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning. MPhil and PhD degrees are also offered.

The Division of Landscape Architecture offers the Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture, the Master of Landscape Architecture and Postgraduate Research degrees of MPhil and PhD.