Prof Doc Professional Doctorate (Built Environment)
- Part-time study available
- Distance Learning
The course is designed to be accessible to built environment professionals throughout Europe. A combination of individual research supervision and e-learning support provides you with maximum flexibility to plan the timing of your studies and your contact with supervisors. This distance learning approach is supplemented by attendance at occasional all-day Saturday workshops in Central Manchester at a venue which is easily accessible from Manchester International Airport and Manchester Piccadilly railway station. These workshops provide a varied range of interactive class-based discussions.
Assessment
- Each of the first four credit-bearing modules are assessed by a 5,000 word written assignment
- The fifth credit-bearing module is assessed by a 15,000 to 20,000 word dissertation
- All of the above submissions can subsequently be incorporated into the final thesis
- The doctorate is awarded on the basis of a 70,000 to 90,000 word thesis
Staff Profile
This course is led by Dr Paul Chynoweth, a building surveyor and lawyer, and a prominent member of the international built environment research community. He is the editor of the International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, and director of the international CIB Working Commission (W113) on Law & Dispute Resolution in Construction and Property. He has published extensively in the fields of party walls, rights to light and built environment research. His many publications include The Party Wall Casebook and (with others) the bestselling student textbook, Law and the Built Environment.