Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: Full-time: 1 year - 18 months, Part-time: 2-3 years
Our MSc is a contemporary sustainable architecture course offering an innovative blend of the established scientific theories and design principles relating to healthy buildings and environments.
This course enables you to build on your existing knowledge and skills by raising your awareness of the environmental impact of design decisions. It also looks at how to undertake holistic sustainable design analysis integrated within the building information modelling environment.
You will critically analyse current sustainable architecture and low energy design principles and technologies, government legislation, codes for sustainable design and other important professional, industrial and commerce drivers. You will also research issues that could adversely affect the health of building users, coming up with findings and solutions which are people-centred, proactive and preventive.
Sustainability is not just about the environment so you will also consider it in a broader contextual framework, including socio-cultural, economic and governance factors as well as advances in scientific and technological research.
You will normally be expected to have an architectural or other built environment undergraduate degree (2:2), or a professional qualification of equal standing, or significant practical or professional experience that would support your application.
If English is not your first language, you will also need an IELTS score of 6.0 or the equivalent.
Applicants from non-traditional backgrounds are welcome to apply and will be accepted subject to successful interview and relevant work experience.
As a graduate of this course, you will discover a wide range of career opportunities including senior sustainable design roles in architectural practice, consultancy or design management.
Alternatively, you could secure positions in environmental design assessment, central and local government, housing associations, retail enterprises and manufacturing companies. You could also consider further study towards a PhD and/or an academic career.
Career opportunities open to graduates include:
Sustainability Consultant Architect
Project Coordinator
Project Manager
Sustainable Energy Consultant
BREEAM Consultant
Core Modules:
Health in Buildings: Comparative Approaches
Sustainable Architecture and Low Energy Design
Environmental Risk and Responsibility
CPD and Strategic Management
Sustainable Design Simulation and Analysis
Independent Scholarship (Built Environment)
Optional Modules:
Sustainable Construction Methods and Materials
Designing Environments
Negotiated Module
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