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Course structure

The programme comprises a taught element (60 credits) and a substantial research project (120 credits). 

Learning and teaching methods on taught modules, which vary depending on which options are taken, typically include combinations of studio days, lectures, seminars, peer reviews, workshops, group tutorials, one-to-one conversations and project reviews.

The research component will be supported and mentored by an academic supervisor who will advise on the development of your project and oversee its relation the university’s regulations and requirements.

How our courses are delivered

We’ve made some changes to the way our courses are taught to keep everyone safe, connected and involved in university life.

At the moment, students have a blend of on-campus and digitally enabled remote learning that provides lots of opportunities to interact and engage with lecturers and other students.

Areas of study

The core MRes research project is at the heart of your course. You’ll work on your project under the supervision of an academic member of staff who specialises in your area of interest.

The Research Practices module enables you to explore and develop designerly approaches to research.

Option modules help you to specialise in an area of particular interest and develop research approaches, methods and themes in more detail to support the specific focus of your research project.

Modules

Core modules

• Design Research Practices

  In this module you will learn to understand research in a way that’s specific to design. It starts from the idea that research, including scientific research, is a specific form of design activity and that design can influence research and vice versa. You will rearticulate the design expertise you’re already developing and apply this to research. You will also learn how to combine design research and practice in your own way.

• Architectural Research Project

  In this module you will undertake a substantial architectural research project on a specific topic of your choice, defined in discussion with your supervisor(s). You will draw on and develop research methods appropriate to your topic and approach in order to present a reasoned account of your research insights to academic standards, combining textual and non-textual elements.

Options*

• Architectural Humanities

  In this module you will develop a critical understanding of key contemporary ideas and issues in architecture and related areas through texts, debates and your own work. The emphasis in this module will be on your ability to develop well-informed and reasoned positions on the issues in question and communicate these effectively.

• Situate

  This module introduces established and emerging principles, theories and themes in design. It will help you to situate your work within modern design trends and global issues and discover and develop what motivates you in your field. Themes covered may include sustainability discourses, power and politics, decolonising design, equity and equality, systemic complexity and creating change through design.

• Radical Modes of Design Culture and Practice

  Design is a diverse and continually changing discipline and this module introduces and critically examines modes of design, exploring how people think, create and use design in practice. You will explore how design can reimagine current practices to establish new codes and ways of working that engage the ‘radical’ changes needed to address sustainability challenges.

• Sustainable Design: Future(s)

  In this module you will develop your project in a structured way, identifying the factors central to your ideas and seeing where these connect with other elements. You will learn how to identify key points for change and use communication and interaction to bring abstract ideas to life. Specific content will change year on year, but themes covered may include complex systems thinking and theories of uncertainty.

• Critical Readings in Spatial Design

  In this module you will explore historical, theoretical and practical issues in architectural, spatial and urban design. You’ll reflect on your own ideas and experiences while considering how these issues relate to different cultural contexts. Seminars will address issues of disciplinary context, including the interrelationship of architecture with technical, political, social and cultural fields.

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Staff profile

Dr Ben Sweeting, course leader

Ben’s research explores intersections between architecture, ethics and design methods in the context of systemically complex contemporary challenges. Drawing on transdisciplinary frameworks such as cybernetics and systemic design, his work has involved theoretical, historical and practice-based approaches and their combination.

Ben is an active member of the Systemic Design Association, the International Society for the Systems Sciences, the Cybernetics Society and the American Society for Cybernetics, and is a founder member of Brighton’s Radical Methodologies Research and Enterprise Group.

Facilities 

Facilities and workshops are supported by full-time specialist technicians and include:

• shared studio space dedicated to MRes/MPhil/PhD students
• Fab Lab
• specialist model-making and construction workshops with equipment for fabrication in wood, metal, plastics, resins and textiles
• photographic studios and darkroom
• digital fabrication facilities including laser cutting and 3D printing
• rapid prototyping, 5-axis milling and CNC routing facilities
• PC and Mac computer suites with software including Adobe suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Vectorworks, Autodesk suite, Rhino, Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D and Premiere
• in-house reprographic department 
• wide range of surveying and audiovisual equipment available for loan.

Course fees

Scholarships, bursaries and loans

We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students. Bursaries and loans may also be available to you.

Find out more about postgraduate fees and funding.

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2025–26.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are reg