EngD in Construction
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
PhD
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
AED 207,900 **
STUDY FORMAT
* rolling admission
** total fees / all tuition fees inclusive of VAT
Key Summary
About: The EngD in Construction is equivalent to a PhD in intellectual challenge but trains you as a research engineer. Your research is industry-led and your project involves an industrial sponsor. It offers an unparalleled opportunity to gain experience in cutting-edge research relevant to industry sectors. Keywords: research engineer, engineering doctorate, applied research, industry partnership, construction technology.
Career Outcomes: You can move into industry roles such as industrial research engineer, R&D manager, construction technical director, consultant, or project director. You may also pursue academic researcher or professor roles, technology transfer, or policy and standards positions in construction firms, consultancies, and government.
The EngD is equivalent to a PhD in its intellectual challenge, but as a research engineer (EngD) student, your research will be industry-led and your project will involve your company as an industrial sponsor. This provides an unparalleled opportunity to gain experience working at the cutting-edge of research that is relevant to the industry.
You will gain an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of construction engineering management with the flexibility to tailor the technical and business training to the requirements of the company’s research area and your career aspirations.
The Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Construction combines advanced technical and management training with PhD level research in partnership with an industry partner/sponsor. Research projects will be directly relevant to the strategic plans of your industry partner and cover a wide range of topics in the interrelated, and globally critical areas of construction and engineering.
EngD in Construction graduates will have generated new knowledge or improved business practice in areas of the construction sector relevant to their and their employers' interests and priorities. Research engineers undertaking the programme will have the flexibility to tailor the technical and business management training to the requirements of their research area and to the business needs of their employer.
EngD students will benefit from the expertise and supervision of the academic staff and their industry sponsor. Research projects will be developed collaboratively by the academic supervisors and the research student in consultation with the sponsoring company. Sponsoring companies can range in size from SMEs to University spin-outs to multinational organisations.
Research
The EngD is a four-year course and you would spend, on average, 80% of your time in the industry and 20% at the University. The first two years will include taught courses delivered in the evenings for convenience in advanced technical areas relating to their research, combined with appropriate commercial skills training. In these early years, critical research skills will be developed through taught courses and research project work. Year’s three to four are wholly spent conducting applied research, with the opportunity to gain valuable industry and commercial experience with the sponsoring company and an ongoing programme of commercial skills development.
In the first two years of the EngD in Construction, the student would complete the equivalent of a part-time PGDip or MSc. Throughout the 4 years of study, the student will engage in one or more research projects, relevant to their employer and aligned to a central thesis.
The required taught component uses courses at SCQF level 11 with 120 credits in total. The students on the proposed EngD in Construction programme will have the option to choose from a number of relevant courses currently available to cater to their individual needs and career aspirations.
- Year 1: 60 credits (4 x SCQF Level 11 Courses), Progress Report on Research project(s);
- Year 2: 60 credits (4 x SCQF Level 11 Courses), Progress Report on Research Project(s)
- Year 3: Progress Report on the research project(s)
- Year 4: EngD. Thesis or Portfolio
Course choice
A list of the current courses is summarized below.
- Sustainability for Construction Professionals
- Foundation Engineering
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Strategic Asset maintenance management
- Quantity Surveying Financial Management
- Construction Financial Management
- People and Organization Management in the BE
- Project Management Strategic Issues
- Project Management Theory and Practice
- Space Planning and Management
- Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation
- Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources
- Construction Technology
- Urban Economy and Property Markets
- Contracts and Procurement
- Service Procurement and Provision
- Value and Risk Management
- Macroeconomics Finance and BE
- Design and Analysis of Tall Steel Buildings
- Water Supply System Analysis
- Construction Practice and Information Technology
- Spatial Planning
- Research Dissertation
In addition, students registered will attend workshops and seminars for the PhD cohort and specialist seminars geared towards business development and entrepreneurship.