Prof Doc Professional Doctorate (Built Environment)

  • Part-time study available
  • Distance Learning
  • Duration :

    Professional Doctorate (five years part-time)

3 good reasons to study Professional Doctorate (Built Environment) at Salford:

  • An achievable route for busy professionals to achieve a doctorate
  • Study part-time with others from similar professional backgrounds, through distance learning and supplemented by occasional Saturday workshops
  • Reduce your study time by drawing on existing expertise

This course provides an achievable route for experienced property and construction professionals to gain a doctorate in a subject related to their professional expertise. It provides an induction into doctoral level research in a supportive environment where you will study with others from similar professional backgrounds. The course provides a logical step-by-step approach to achieving a doctorate which allows candidates to make maximum use of existing knowledge, and thereby reducing study time. Distance learning study is supplemented by occasional workshop sessions in Central Manchester, making the course suitable for professionals based throughout the UK, the Republic of Ireland or Continental Europe.

The professional doctorate benefits you in producing a qualification which is equivalent in status and challenge to a PhD, but is more appropriate if you are pursuing a professional, industry-based career.