Sustainable Construction UCL

Overview

This interdisciplinary PhD course emphasises staff-student collaboration in research and delivers seminars and training activities intended to equip you with advanced research skills and competences.  

Key Facts

Research areas you may consider include: 

• Climate change – one of the biggest challenges in the built environment sector, with a research focus of decarbonisation, climate change economics, climate justice and more.
• Digital transformations in built environment – research in this field aims to interrogate digital innovation to enhance the design, construction and operation of buildings, systems and cities, with particular focus on Artificial intelligence (AI), and Building Information Modelling (BIM).
• Facilities and built management – critical in the functionality, safety and sustainability of the built environment, leading research on healthcare facilities management, learning environments, asset management, and more.
• Infrastructure - plays a crucial role in the economic, social, and environmental development of a region or country. Research pays attention to the investment, finance, delivery and impacts of infrastructure. 
• Project and programme management – one of the school’s leading research areas, addressing the strategic development of projects throughout the project life cycle.
• Real estate – the school is rethinking the traditional view of real estate, with research focusing on real estate as ‘immovable assets’: land or what is attached to land, rendered ‘immovable’ by gravity; and that it is an asset with social or environmental value.
• Sustainability in the built environment – this is essential research for preserving the planet’s natural resources, mitigating climate change, promoting human health and well-being, and creating economically viable, and liveable communities.