Emergent Technologies and Design (EmTech)

Entry requirements

EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES & DESIGN MSC – Bachelor’s degree (minimum second class honours) in architecture, engineering, industrial/product design or a related discipline from a United Kingdom university or a degree of equivalent standard from a recognised university or higher education institution from outside the UK.

EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES & DESIGN MARCH – Five-year professional architectural degree (BArch/Diploma equivalent) in architecture, engineering, industrial/product design or a related discipline from a United Kingdom university or a BArch degree plus diploma of equivalent standard from a recognised university or higher education institution from outside the UK.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Design research is central to the programme’s agenda. Our work develops from the understanding that nature and artifice are connected; that the cultural production of artefacts and systems exist as part of other active systems, and that these systems are subject to change. We acknowledge that the causality of change is complex and multi-scalar, and that its dynamics are disrupted and accelerated by human activity. We are concerned with the consequences of these changes within society and the natural world. The Emergent Technologies and Design (EmTech) programme is open to architecture and engineering graduates seeking knowledge and skills in architectural design science, who want to experiment with how these can be applied within new production paradigms. We investigate new synergies of architecture and ecology at the intersection of computational design and advanced fabrication, with a focus on the potential these offer for new architectural, urban and ecological design solutions within emerging biomes. The programme stimulates critical thinking through research-driven design projects developed in a rigorous and creative studio environment. Our projects develop iteratively through hypothesis, experimentation, fabrication and evaluation; students reflect upon this work in verbal presentations and group discussions, and document their findings in analytical papers.

The programme, which offers MArch and MSc options, has two distinct phases: the Studio and the Dissertation. Both phases are supported by the research of the programme team and by the expertise of EmTech alumni and research colleagues in practice and industry.

Fees and funding

The AA offers means-tested bursaries to new Taught Postgraduate programme applicants who demonstrate exceptional promise and financial need. Bursaries can cover half a term, one term, one and a half or two terms of the tuition fees.

The MArch in Emergent Technologies in Design is a 16-month programme of full-time study. The tuition fee for the programme is £43,850, which is paid in the first year of study.

The MSc in Emergent Technologies in Design is a 12-month programme of full-time study, and the tuition fee is £36,000.