Course summary
This course is aimed at practising professionals with at least three years' work experience in the built environment. It is open to architects, engineers, and all those involved in commissioning, design, construction and management. It is offered by the Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education in association with the Departments of Architecture and Engineering. The course aims to equip professionals for strategic decision making, inventive problem solving and team leadership; to develop skills in effective collaboration and communication, particularly between clients, consultants, contractors, specialists and occupiers; and to provide a strategic overview of the production of the built environment including current challenges faced by the construction industry such as technological innovation, global climate change, resilience and sustainability. The course 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 an online module. 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.
Modules
The course 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 an online module. 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. Interdisciplinarity: the client, the user, and the design team; Sustainable construction and climate change; Personal development, teamwork, and leadership; Conservation, retrofit, and adaptation; Innovation, new technologies, and materials; and; Urbanism, change, and future communities.
Assessment method
Dissertation: 15,000 words maximum (including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography). A reflective project study: 4,000 words maximum; 1 essay: 3,000 words maximum; 1 group project: 7,000 words maximum. In the 6 weeks students are asked to work in small multi-disciplinary groups to think, discuss, draw, write and persuade in order to come to a unified solution to the set problem over the course of a few half days. Presentations are made at the end of each studio project. Some assignments and the dissertation require literature reviews.
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 3 years of professional experience in the built environment since graduating. Applicants whose 1st language is not English should have an IELTS score of 7.5 (a minimum of 7.0 in each individual component).
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £11000 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £11000 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £11000 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £11000 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Cambridge
The Old Schools
Trinity Lane
Cambridge
CB2 1TN