School of the Built Environment

The School of the Built Environment has an excellent national and international research reputation, as the leading Built Environment research institution in Scotland, and one of the top in the UK. The School's research opportunities relevant to sustaining and developing the built environment are described in full, with further information on the opportunities for funded PhD scholarships within these groups. Staff profiles, further information for staff and students and a log-in facility to the Virtual Learning Environment providing tailored on-line access to learning materials, collaborative areas, forums, electronic submission of assignments are also available here.

The School of the Built Environment offers a range of educational opportunities spanning the diverse range of professions involved in the planning, design, construction and development of our built environment and infrastructure. It offers students entry into a vitally important range of professions that will prove stimulating and offer ample opportunity for career development. This site provides a full searchable list of undergraduate courses within the following programmes: architectural engineering; civil engineering and structural engineering; construction management and surveying; and urban studies.

Our evolving and well established portfolio of postgraduate taught courses as well as full details of the postgraduate research opportunities available can be viewed here. The School of the Built Environment's on-going commitment to high quality and innovative research has been recognised with a high ranking in the last two UK government Research Assessment Exercises (RAE). We are one of only seven built environment Schools in the UK, and the only one in Scotland to receive an RAE Grade 5 rating in both 1996 and 2001.