Postgraduate research

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 The MPhil and PhD programmes offer you the chance to study the built environment at a world-class centre for research. To ensure that research and scholarship continue to stretch the boundaries of knowledge generation and transformation, the relationship between you and your supervisor is crucial. Every care is taken to provide excellent supervision and guidance for each research student. As a research student you will be required to present your work to your advisory committee for direction and assistance at regular intervals.

Final awards are made to a research student who has undertaken a critical investigation in an approved topic and has demonstrated a clear understanding of the research methods appropriate to the study. As part of your PhD you will be required to produce a thesis and to defend it in an oral examination.

PhD programme

This programme typically takes three years of full-time work, and is awarded to a student who has produced an independent and original contribution to knowledge in the field.

MPhil programme

This programme typically takes two years of full-time work. For more details please contact us.