find your perfect postgrad program
Search our Database of 30,000 Courses

The University of Edinburgh: Infrastructure and the Environment

Institution The University of Edinburgh View institution profile
Department School of Engineering
Web https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying
Study type Research

Summary

Infrastructure and environment research seeks to contribute to efficient, sustainable and resilient infrastructure in the built and natural environments.

Research in this area can focus on wide-reaching themes, such as: - Environmental Engineering

  • Fire Safety Engineering

  • Granular and Geomechanical Processes

  • Infrastructure Sensing and Systems

  • Structural Engineering & Mechanics

  • Sustainable and Digital Construction (SDC)

As a Masters by Research (MScR) student, you will spend the duration of this programme working on a research project. An MScR programme allows you to gain specialist knowledge in your research area, and is sometimes taken as a precursor to a PhD.

You will conduct your research as part of the Institute for Infrastructure and Environment (IIE), a group of researchers whose work seeks to contribute to efficient, sustainable and resilient infrastructure in the built and natural environments.

MSc (Res)

Edinburgh University

Edinburgh. Extraordinary futures await.

The University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50, and placed 34th in the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Our position as one of Britain’s leading research universities was reaffirmed by the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 90% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research …

View Profile

Not what you are looking for?

Browse other courses in Construction, Architecture, Architectural engineering, Civil engineering, Municipal engineering, Environmental engineering, Transport engineering or Structural engineering, or search our comprehensive database of postgrad programs.

Postgraduate Bursary Opportunity with Postgrad.com

Are you studying as a PG student at the moment or have you recently been accepted on a postgraduate program? Apply now for one of our £2000 PGS bursaries.

Click here