 The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, a long-established part of the Robert Gordon University, has provided professionally accredited surveying courses since 1918.It was formed by the merging of the School of Construction, Property and Surveying and the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture.The School takes its name from Tom Scott Sutherland, an Aberdeen Architect and Entrepreneur, who gifted the School's Victorian Mansion house and grounds overlooking the River Dee in 1956, as well as making a generous bequest which is used to help finance study tours and visiting lecturers.