Course summary
Solent’s MSc Sustainable Building Design course is the ideal way for students from a wide range of academic backgrounds to pursue a career in this exciting and important sector. By providing you with a thorough understanding of both theory based and practical skills, you’ll graduate from this course as a specialist designer with the education and vision required to help create a sustainable future for the construction industry. Throughout the CIAT accredited course, you’ll be encouraged to develop a holistic approach to reducing the carbon footprint created by buildings. Learning is centred around social, economic, and environmental aspects of design, otherwise known as the three pillars of sustainability. The curriculum introduces the essential academic theory that underpins each of these areas and explores the technical tools required to successfully plan performance-based building projects. You’ll also be introduced to Building Information Modelling (BIM), working with an expert course team on a range of practical projects that simulate real workplace practices. These projects will help you to build a portfolio of practical work and introduce you to the essential tools and software packages used by the industry. You’ll also develop an understanding of globally renowned energy assessment methods such as BREEAM, LEED and Passivhaus. The course benefits from extensive links with industry, formed over many years of delivering accredited courses with professional organisations (eg, CIAT, CIOB, SBID and CABE). Practitioners from a cross-section of the built environment industry contribute regularly to the academic process by providing real-world projects, guest lectures, site visits and informal mentoring sessions. This course is for: Solent’s postgraduate sustainable building design programme is ideally suited to candidates from a wide range of related disciplines. The curriculum is designed to be creative and inclusive, providing students with the opportunity to undertake a dissertation of a technical nature, or a design-based piece of final major project work.
Modules
Year One:
- Sustainable and Intelligent Building Design
- Sustainable Building Assessment
- Project Management
- Work-Based Project Management
- Research Methods
- BIM Frameworks
- Integrated Project
- Design Project
How to apply
International applicants
Applicants who require a visa to study in the UK will only be able to apply for the full-time course option.
Entry requirements
- An honours degree at 2:2 or higher in a related discipline. - Applicants with relevant industry experience may be considered. - Applicants may also be required to send a portfolio and may be contacted for an interview either face to face or through Skype. - Applicants who do not have English as their first language will be required to demonstrate an approved level of proficiency in the use of the English language. The agreed minimum requirements for this course are: - IELTS minimum 6.5 overall with no component score below 5.5 - TOEFL IBT 92 with a minimum of 22 in writing and a minimum of 20 in reading, listening and speaking - Duolingo English Language Test - 115 overall with minimum of 100 in each component or equivalent. Qualifications are checked before enrolment, and international students must bring their original certificates or certified copies when coming to study at the University.
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | IELTS minimum 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in reading, listening and speaking |
TOEFL (iBT) | 92 | TOEFL (IBT) minimum of 92 overall with a minimum of 22 in writing and a minimum of 19 in reading, listening and speaking. TOEFL is only valid for EU students |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
England | £4500 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £4500 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £4500 | Year 1 |
Wales | £4500 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £4500 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Sponsorship information
Southampton Solent University offers a range of bursaries and scholarships that provide financial assistance or waive fees for tuition or accommodation. Each bursary or scholarship has specific eligibility criteria. Check out our bursaries and scholarships pages to find out more.
Provider information
Solent University (Southampton)
East Park Terrace
Southampton
SO14 0YN