Course summary
One of four Royal Academy of Engineering designated Centres of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design, the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering is home to a thriving community of over 60 academic staff, 40 technical and clerical support staff and over 240 active researchers that include Fellows, Associates, Assistants, Engineers and Doctoral Students. This part-time (6 year) PhD programme is tailor-made for practitioner architects wishing to explore an original research topic while remaining in practice. Unlike some practice-related PhD models, our programme does not involve the submission of an extended piece of self-reflective commentary by an architect on his or her previous built work and designs. Instead of this passive approach we take an active one, which involves:
- an architect creating new, research-led work while in practice
- critical reflection and analysis of this in written and practical form
- presentation and defence of this work via the ‘design critiques’ typical of architectural pedagogy and practice.
Entry requirements
Applicants will need to be qualified practitioner architects with a minimum of three years practice-experience. Applications will proceed via submission of an outline of the topic and methodology, a digital portfolio of design work, as well as interview. As the PhD will be situated in practice several formal commitments will be required from the practice concerned. These include: - a commitment to allow the candidate to work on their research for a minimum of 500 hours per annum - a commitment to release the candidate for regular tutorials and crits - safeguards on the IP (Intellectual Property) of the resulting research if that research is done in collaboration with others in the practice. The candidate and School will also have to formally agree on any extra financial contributions that might be required to deliver on the PhD, for example materials required for manufacture or access to specialist laboratories or computation, and these will be decided on a case-by-case basis depending on topic.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
The tuition fees shown are for new students commencing the first year of study in the specified year only. Fees are reviewed annually and are likely to increase to take into account inflationary pressures. Part-time fees are charged at 50% of the full-time fee. If you are an international student considering part-time study, please contact [email protected] to discuss your eligibility.
Provider information
Loughborough University
Loughborough
LE11 3TU