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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,150 - ≈ € 17,330 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Bath / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
The MPhil degree in Innovative Structural Engineering is a 12-month full-time course during which the student undertakes a supervised research project investigating some aspect of creative and innovative structural engineering. At the same time, the student attends four taught option courses dealing with various aspects of advanced engineering design. The combination of research and lecture courses provides the student with a full appreciation for the creative possibilities available to structural engineers.
The degree aims to act as a bridge between undergraduate learning and independent research activity in the field of creative structural engineering, and to enthuse students about the possibilities of creative structural design, as opposed to structural analysis only. Whilst the degree offers students a design-oriented perspective into structural engineering, it also equips them with the skills required to undertake independent research. It is possible to extend the research to Doctoral level should the student wish to do so.
Qualifications and durations
* Full-time MPhil 12 months
Main areas of research
The promotion of collaborative research between Architecture and Civil Engineering is fundamental to our research. There are three interdisciplinary research groups: the Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture (CASA), the BRE-sponsored Centre in Innovative Construction Materials (BRE CICM) and the Engineering and Design of Environments Research Unit (EDEn). Closely associated with the Department is the industrially-funded Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT). Current research includes:
CASA
* Renaissance history and theory
* contemporary architectural theory
* Greek and Roman architecture
* computer tools for urban design
* architectural conservation
* computer modelling of historic buildings and sites
* urban environment and sustainability
BRE CICM
* advanced composites in construction
* natural fibre composite materials
* low carbon cements
* innovative timber and masonry engineering
* natural building materials
* unfired masonry construction
* traditional construction materials
* geotextiles in construction
* structural glass
EDEn
* building acoustics
* thermal comfort and urban microclimate
* environmental modelling
* rational use of energy in the built environment
* combined use of natural and electric lighting in buildings
* sustainable infrastructure design
* façade engineering
* fire performance
* computational fluid dynamics
* coastal and offshore engineering
* wave energy converters
* wind interaction with structures
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A first degree in Civil or Structural Engineering at a minimum 2.1 honours level.
The minimum non-graduate qualifications* acceptable for admission to the University of Bath are:
* A Diploma of Architecture of a recognised School of Architecture.
* Membership by examination of a recognised Professional Institution of at least Associate status.
* A relevant postgraduate diploma.
* Extended and responsible experience in a relevant field in industry, in teaching, or in a government establishment, together with authorship of technical papers or other work of an acceptable academic standard, e.g. design work.
* Except where otherwise stated, these conditions refer to candidates for the Degree of Master only.
English requirements
IELTS 7.0 (with not less than 6.5 in each of the four components).
TOEFL 600 (paper-based test) or 250 (computer-based test) with a score of not less than 4 in TWE or 100 (internet-based test) with not less than 24 in each of the components.
References
One reference, signed and on headed paper, is required.
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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