Overview

The School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University is dedicated to offering an outstanding experience for research students.

Careers

Career development is a key part of the research student journey at Brookes.

The University provides an excellent programme of career and professional development training which can be found on the Programme for Researchers page.

Programme Structure

Recent and ongoing research projects:

Co-Creation - aims to bring together different actors, such as researchers, policymakers, residents and artists, to ‘co-create’ understanding about different urban neighbourhoods and to address disadvantage

Healthy Urban Mobility - a study to understand the impact of everyday (im)mobility on health and wellbeing with a variety of social groups living in different neighbourhoods in Brazil and the UK

Socio-economic impact of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre - aims to explore methods used to predict the socio-economic impacts of Offshore Wind Farms and to compare predicted impacts with actual impacts

Contribution of Compact Neighbourhoods to Social Sustainability - investigated how compact urban form can promote the social sustainability of intermediate neighbourhood areas in two major European cities, London and Berlin

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-21 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2028-01-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-06-27 00:00:00 , International

More details

It is recommended that you apply at least 6 months in advance to allow time for your application to be processed

Language

English

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PTE Academic

71

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Architecture Civil Engineering & Construction Environmental Economics & Policy View 42 other PhDs in Civil Engineering & Construction in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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120

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88

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4.5

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PTE Academic

71

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants should normally hold a 1st or Upper Second Class Degree (or recognised equivalent qualification).

Appropriate applications will be considered from outstanding candidates with substantial prior experience at an appropriate level.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

18300 GBP / year

≈ 18300 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5338 GBP / year

≈ 5338 GBP / year

Living costs

Oxford

United Kingdom

939 - 1530 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.