Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment

Entry requirements

Applicants for this course will normally have achieved a UK 2.1 honours degree or overseas equivalent.

In addition to the academic entrance requirement, applicants need to have at least three years of professional experience in the built environment since graduating.

Endorsement from your employer or, if independent, a demonstrated understanding of the time commitment needed to undertake part-time study at this level.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Delivering exceptional future-fit built environment projects requires the deep-skill discipline of many individuals sharing a collective vision and purpose. Our Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment programmes teach global best practices through project-based learning, with a focus on collaboration and leadership throughout.

It is truly interdisciplinary in the background of its staff, students and the areas it covers. The Master’s and Postgraduate Certificates are structured around emerging trends, opportunities, and challenges within the built environment such as sustainability and resilience, health and well-being, retrofit and reuse, energy efficiency and carbon, conservation and heritage, stakeholder engagement, political and regulatory landscapes.

The learning approach is highly interactive and designed to encourage reflection and debate. Students are supported by a team of expert assignment tutors and dissertation supervisors. The speakers and facilitators are leading experts and practitioners from both academia and industry.

A key feature of the programme is the collaborative learning experience. The programmes facilitate shared learning between peers, and networking with an extensive range of contributors, together providing a rich learning environment.

Our courses aim to:

• Build awareness regarding current challenges and opportunities facing the built environment, such as sustainability, resilience, climate change, and rapid urbanisation.
• Equip professionals with the strategic decision-making, inventive problem-solving, leadership, and collaboration skills needed to respond to the challenges and opportunities.
• Develop skills in leadership, effective collaboration, and communication for action - particularly between clients, consultants, contractors, specialists and occupiers.

Information for international students

IELTS Academic: Overall score of 7.5 (a minimum of 7.0 in each individual component)

TOEFL Internet: Overall score of 110 (a minimum of 25 in each individual component)

C1 (CAE): Grade A and B (overall score of 193, with no element lower than 185) plus a Language Centre assessment

C2 (CPE): Grade A, B, or C (overall score of 200 with no element lower than 185)