Professional Doctorates in Architecture: University of East London

About the programme

This doctorate is particularly suitable for qualified design professionals, including architects, engineers and product designers. It aims to work on live projects in collaboration with local, national and international agencies, industry and practice through project-based research.

It focuses on the notion of developing prototypes, with the potential ranging in scale and scope from material and building components, through to the development of urban prototypes and design frameworks.

Career opportunities

Higher-degree qualifications are rapidly becoming a prerequisite for academic positions worldwide. Practice-based or design-based professional doctorate programmes offer a highly attractive alternative for practicing architects who wish to engage in teaching architecture.

Admission requirments

• The programme is particularly designed for already qualified design professionals who wish to engage with practice based architectural research at doctorate level.
• It welcomes applications from suitable candidates with a professional degree in Architecture and/or RIBA Part 2 exemption.
• Applications are welcomed from the EU and overseas, in particular, lecturers from Higher Education Institutions wishing to increase their academic qualifications.
• Admission of students will be in accordance with the regulations of the UEL Professional Doctorate Framework. The granting of accreditation will be subject to Academic Board Research Committee Approval.