IDBE Interdisciplinary Design in the Built Environment G#1478 N#1439

Dear Colleague

The Cambridge part-time master’s course, Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment, continues to go from strength to strength. Offered jointly by the Departments of Engineering and Architecture at Cambridge, it brings together each year a cohort of future leaders from all areas of the built environment – clients, contractors, the professions, regulators and others.  International in its scope, breadth and ambition, the course is accredited as a masters for further learning by key engineering institutions including the ICE, IStructE, CIHT, IHE, and CIBSE, and it also has recognition from RIBA and RICS.

The course covers innovative processes and products: developing skills like leadership and communication, promoting BIM, focusing on the challenge of the sustainability agenda, and covering the latest developments in intelligent buildings and smart cities. Teamwork skills are developed through project work undertaken in small interdisciplinary teams of students, providing unique learning opportunities in how to design integrated proposals.

In the second year of the course all students complete, as their individual assignment, a 15,000 word thesis. This is an opportunity to address in depth a self-selected topic (within the scope of the course) and to produce a piece of extended writing that represents an original contribution on a subject of personal interest. Many graduates of the course have gone on to turn their theses into conference papers, journal articles, books, or even new business streams.

As well as improving their skills, graduates of the course report increased self-confidence in their own abilities, the desire to seek new challenges or responsibilities, and greatly enhanced career prospects. Many are inspired to seek new challenges and take on new responsibilities within their organisation or beyond.

We are currently recruiting for entry in September 2015, and I am delighted to attach the course brochure. Fuller details can be found on our website www.idbe.arct.cam.ac.uk Obviously the course team would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have by telephone or email. All those joining the course will become members of Wolfson College, Cambridge, one of the University’s 31 colleges.

If you yourself are not interested in the course but you have a colleague of friend who might be, please do forward on this email and the attached brochure.

Yours sincerely

Dr Sebastian Macmillan

Dear Friends of IDBE

• To celebrate 20 years of academic success, IDBE is offering one full tuition scholarship for entry to our 20th anniversary cohort, for a start this September.
• IDBE is a transformative part-time master’s course at the University of Cambridge, for global practitioners working in the built environment.
• Through intensive, themed residential weeks we deliver a bespoke learning experience which develops individual and professional skills in multidisciplinary teamwork, the design process and individual
  research.
• For 20 years we have been equipping our graduates with enhanced skills, knowledge and professional networks to solve the challenges facing our industry by becoming innovative, dynamic and successful leaders.
• We are very excited to be able to offer this scholarship, and hope you also see it as a fantastic opportunity.
• Please feel free to forward this email, or to post the attached flyer.
• Scholarship Bursary
• Further information on the course and on the scholarship can be found on our new website:
• http://www.idbe.arct.cam.ac.uk/Thank you for your continued support and interest in the IDBE!Kind Regards-
  The IDBE Team

• Becky Stanley
• Course Administrator,
• IDBE Masters Programme (University Masters Course)
• Department of Architecture,
• 1 – 5 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge, CB2 1PX
• t. 01223 760117
• f. 01223 332960
• www.idbe.arct.cam.ac.uk
• www.idbe.org
• @IDBE_Cambridge

© GBE NGS ASWS BrianSpecMan aka Brian Murphy
15th April 2014 – 28th March 2016

© GBE NGS ASWS BrianSpecMan aka Brian Murphy
15th April 2014 – 28th March 2016

• IDBE brochure 2011-2013 (PDF)
• IDBE Brochure 2012-2014 (PDF)
• IDBE Brochure 2013-2015 (PDF)
• IDBE Prospectus 2015 (PDF)

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