Urban Sustainability and Resilience MRes

University College London

Postgraduate

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

The aim of the MRes in Urban Sustainability and Resilience is to equip students from a variety of backgrounds with the research skills, knowledge and understanding required to tackle current and future challenges faced by cities globally, including increasing the resilience of our urban systems, and the infrastructure that supports them, to shocks arising from natural, economic and technological disasters.

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Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

Graduates may choose to enter employment as researchers within engineering, planning or consultancy firms and/or decide to undertake further study at PhD/EngD level.

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university in a subject appropriate to the chosen field, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Relevant subjects include engineering, architecture, town planning, science or other quantitative degree.

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Subjects

  • Resilience MRes
  • Urban Sustainability
  • Sustainability
  • Resilience
  • Methodologies
  • Technologies
  • Technologies MSc
  • Technologies on interpreting
  • Research skills
  • Urban systems

Course programme

Students will learn about the research process and research methodologies, and gain an understanding of policies, processes, technologies and materials available to shape the future of the urban environment. Students can specialise by selecting modules from across a wide range of different topics and disciplines. As members of the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience, students will join a community of innovative researchers tackling topics across this dynamic field and will benefit from the networking opportunities of this multidisciplinary environment.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of two core modules (30 credits), two elective modules (30 credits) and a research project (120 credits).

Core modules

Students must undertake CEGEG104 (below) plus one other 15-credit research skills module from an approved list.

  • Interdisciplinary Thinking in Urban Sustainability and Resilience (CEGEG104)
Elective modules

Students choose elective modules (30 credits) from across UCL.

Dissertation/report

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of up to 20,000 words and produce a presentation to be delivered at a dedicated event in September (120 credits).

Teaching and learning

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, problem classes, workshops and projects. Assessment is through examinations, project reports, coursework and project presentations.


Additional information

Overseas Fee : £23,740 (FT) £12,150 (PT)

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