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MSt in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment

MSt in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment

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Study mode

Part time

Duration

2 years

Start date

OCT

Key information
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Qualification type

MSt - Master of Studies

Subject areas

Built Environment (General)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The Master of Studies (MSt) in Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) is a transformative part-time master’s course at the University of Cambridge, for global practitioners working in the built environment. The programme is structured around emerging trends, opportunities and challenges within the built environment such as: sustainability and resilience; health and well-being; energy efficiency; conservation and heritage; stakeholder engagement, and political and regulatory landscapes.

The learning approach is highly interactive and designed to encourage reflection and debate. Participants are supported by a team of expert tutors and supervisors. The speakers, lecturers and facilitators are leading experts and practitioners from both academia and industry. A key feature of the programme is the collaborative learning experience. The programme facilitates shared learning between peers, and networking with the extensive range of contributors, together providing a rich learning environment.

This programme aims to:

  • Equip professionals for strategic decision making, inventive problem solving, and team leadership
  • Develop skills in effective collaboration and communication, particularly between clients, consultants, contractors, specialists and occupiers
  • Provide a strategic overview of the production of the built environment, including current challenges faced by the construction industry such as global climate change and sustainability.

The master's is aimed at practising professionals with at least three years' work experience in the built environment since graduating and is for all those involved in the commissioning, design, construction and management of projects in the built environment. The course attracts students from a range of professions from across the sector including, but not limited to; architects, engineers, surveyors, asset managers, planners, landscape architects, project managers, facility managers, surveyors, urban designers, property developers and contractors, who wish to develop their understanding of and responses to the global challenges and opportunities facing the built environment. It is delivered by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in association with the Departments of Architecture and Engineering.

The master's is part-time and lasts for two years. During that time, students spend six separate residential weeks studying in Cambridge at three-or four-month intervals as well as taking part in online modules. Each of these residential weeks comprises an intensive programme of formal lectures (from leading practitioners and university academics), workshops and seminars, and a design project in small interdisciplinary teams.

The programme explores how successful, sustainable built environment projects rely on the coordinated effort and visioning of multiple disciplines and professions, and it encourages the integration of skills between specialists from different background disciplines to improve project design.

Modules

Research skills
Leadership, professionalismand interdisciplinary practice
Innovation and technology
Sustainability and resilience
Design thinking

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,295

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£11,295

Entry requirements

Applicants for this course will normally have achieved a UK 2.i 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.