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About this degree
Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings MSc was launched in response to the demand for a new generation of experts to drive the health and wellbeing agenda in the built environment. The convergence of the sustainability, health and wellbeing agendas has led to the emergence of a more holistic, human-centred approach to design, and made health and wellbeing an increasingly influential research area.
Students on the Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability MSc are taught by research-active leaders in the field and have opportunities to network with and learn from industry experts, to develop their understanding of commercially applicable, research-oriented tools and approaches, and to benefit from opportunities for hands-on experience and exposure to real-world scenarios.
The programme aims to:
- Provide students with the knowledge, critical understanding and skills needed to address health, wellbeing and human performance for the design, assessment and operation of new-build, retrofit and existing buildings (residential and non-domestic)
- Develop in-depth understanding of the interactions between human-centred outcomes and other sustainability issues and challenges involved in addressing multiple outcomes
- Ensure that graduates have the skills and knowledge to understand the range of social and built environment factors that impact upon health, wellbeing and human performance, covering multiple spatial scales (e.g., buildings to urban environments).
- Equip students with the ability to design solutions and establish operational strategies for the remediation or alleviation of health and comfort problems within buildings, and for enhancing wellbeing and human performance.
- Introduce and develop methods and tools for evaluating/predicting the impact of building/built environment features on health, wellbeing and human performance
- Produce confident, articulate professionals who are competent and able to tackle the swiftly changing set of challenges in providing sustainable, safe and healthy built environments.
Who this course is for
What this course will give you
Spanning both technical disciplines and the humanities, Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings MSc equips graduates to work in a range of sectors. With its emphasis on critical enquiry, multidisciplinary understanding and effective communication skills, this degree is designed to help students develop into highly employable, multi-skilled professionals.
Whilst studying Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings MSc you will:
- Explore how the convergence of the green agenda and the health and wellbeing agenda has led to a more holistic, human-centred approach to building design
- Develop critical thinking, quantitative skills and expertise in modelling, monitoring and design approaches, while learning how to conceptualise and sustainably implement health and wellbeing across multiple disciplines and building types
- Deepen your understanding of human behaviour and psychology in relation to building use, and understand how a focus on health and wellbeing in the built environment positively affects users’ physical, mental and emotional health, and improves productivity and performance
- Benefit from an association with the MSc’s industry Advisory Group; experts from industry and policy, including leading architectural, engineering and facility management firms, who collaborate with the Institute and contribute ‘real-world’ input to the programme as invited lecturers, tutors and dissertation advisors
- Make a daily difference as a champion of the health and wellbeing agenda, driving innovation and sustainability in buildings.
This Master's is delivered by UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering in The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, home to specialist institutes in energy, environmental design and engineering, resources and heritage.
The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment brings together the multidisciplinary specialisms required to research, understand, design, construct and operate the built environment of the future. The QS World University Rankings (2023) places The Bartlett as #1 for Architecture and Built Environment studies in the world, and #1 in the UK for the ninth year in a row. The Bartlett's research received the UK's most world-leading ratings for Built Environment research in the most recent Research Excellence Framework.