Overview
Duration: 1 year full-time (taught); up to 4 years part-time; CPD options available.
Application deadline: 30 June (international) / 31 August (home/EU).
Entry requirements: First degree (UK 1st or 2:1 or international equivalent ) in Architecture or engineering-related subject.
Language requirements: IELTS 7.0 (at least 6.5 in each of the four components) OR TOEFL internet 100 (at least 24 in each of the four bands).
MSc Architectural Engineering: Environmental Design
The environmental impact of buildings is significant, accounting for around 50 per cent of carbon emissions in the UK.
As a result, there is a need for construction professionals, and building designers in particular, who have the skills and knowledge base to create buildings with a low carbon footprint and reduced environmental impact.
The MSc in Architectural Engineering: Environmental Design programme is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge base to create buildings that have a low carbon footprint and reduced environmental impact yet provide the comfort expected in modern buildings.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn how to re-appraise the design process and develop sustainability strategies for building projects. Graduates will be qualified to pursue careers as specialists in architectural and engineering practices.
The programme is delivered in a modular format, comprising 10 taught units (undertaken in 4-day blocks) and a dissertation. The programme can be studied full time or part time. It is also available as a PG Diploma and CPD.
Research-led teaching
The programme is based on research expertise within the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
The Department is the home of centres founded to embrace research into the effects on the built infrastructure of climate change and the need for sustainable development, each with particular focus on materials and products, BRE CICM, and sustainable building design, EDEn.
Further details
For a full list of compulsory and optional units see the programme catalogue.
Full time study: 12 months
- Part time study: 24-48 months
- The programme is offered as a modular programme comprising 13 units. The MSc programme comprises seven core units, three option units (from a choice of six) and a dissertation
- The taught units are undertaken in ten 4-day blocks. The first introductory unit is mandatory and a pre-requisite to all the subsequent core/optional units which may be selected and undertaken to suit your own work and time commitments
- Each unit comprises preparatory work, four consecutive days' attendance at the University of Bath and /or follow up work afterwards, amounting to 100 hours of study. Students will be assessed during the unit or by work submitted immediately after each unit
- Where students do not wish, or are ineligible to progress to the dissertation, a Postgraduate Diploma is awarded after successful completion of the taught modules only
- Each taught unit may be taken for CPD (Continuing Professional Development) purposes by professionals who do not wish to follow the entire programme. CPD units are suitable if you have identified a specific area of environmental design in which you would like to increase your knowledge and skills. The CPD units may also provide the opportunity to transfer to the MSc/PG Dip at a later stage. The assessment is considered to be an integral part of the unit and a certificate will be issued for each successful CPD unit. Certificates will not be issued for attendance only
Dissertation
During the final three months of the degree you will produce a dissertation. This is your opportunity to explore a particular topic that has been covered during the programme in far greater depth
Bath students have an excellent track record for getting jobs.
- Bath postgraduates noticeably outperform postgraduates nationally
- Our MSc graduates are extremely attractive to employers and have entered a wide range of careers.
- Other graduates have gone on to pursue research towards and MPhil or PhD
After graduation, you will be qualified to pursue careers as specialists in architectural and engineering practices. The Bath MSc in Environmental Design will enhance your employability by providing you with valuable skills and knowledge that are directly applicable in the construction industry and the need for sustainable developments in the UK and abroad.
We also encourage the best of our MSc students to continue their studies with us to PhD level.
