A one year taught Masters programme MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable DevelopmentFor details see: www-esdmphil.eng.cam.ac.uk/

Department of EngineeringCentre for Sustainable Development

Department of Engineering

“Engineering for SustainableDevelopment is about recognising that engineers have to operate within an increasing complex set of constraints, and therefore must be capable of dealing with a range of challenges.

The subject is based on some verystraightforward principles. It is aboutliving within Earth’s finite limits andresources, helping everyone on theplanet to achieve an acceptablequality of life, acting as stewards of the environment for futuregenerations, and dealing withcomplexity and handling the manytrade-offs which have to be made”.

Dr Dick FennerCourse Director

“Our students are drawn from all over the world and bring with them a wealth of experiences andideas. A key benefit of joining the course is the opportunity tocollaborate, now and in the future, with this group. We aim to give you the chance to explorethe many dimensions of sustainable development through a range of various activities.

Cambridge is a very special place and many people find their time here turns out to be truly a lifechanging experience often in ways they had not anticipated, so be ready for new experiences” .

Dr Heather CruickshankDeputy Course Director

“This is not an engineeringdegree but a course forengineers which fills in all themissing pieces”.

Former MPhil student

MPhil Programme StructureSee: www-esdmphil.eng.cam.ac.uk/about-the-programme/structure

Core ModulesAll Students study two core modulesin Michaelmas term which dealrespectively with qualitative andquantitative aspects of engineeringsustainability.

The first module explores Concepts,Values and Change Processes andinvestigates the ideas behindsustainable development which arerelevant to engineers, including ethicalissues, managing change within theindustry and dealing with multiplestakeholders.

The second focuses on SustainabilityMethods and Metrics and introducessuch tools as life cycle analysis,systems dynamics, multi criteriaanalysis, ecosystem service valuation ,environmental economics and socialscience research methods.

Outer Core ModulesStudents choose two modules from alist of four topics which go deeper intospecific aspects of the sustainabilityagenda.

These range from approaches toassessing the Sustainability of LargeInfrastructure Projects such as damsand airports, to the way Policy,Legislation and Government sets theframework within which engineeringsolutions must be delivered. Principleswhich can be used to guideSustainable Design andImplementation in the manufacturingand process engineeringsectors form the basis ofanother module,whilst for thoseinterested ininternationalaid and work indevelopingcountries thereis a modulewhich deals withDevelopmentEngineering.

MOTI Management of Technologyand InnovationDelivered by the Judge BusinessSchool this module provides featuresof an embedded MBA, and offerspractical engagement on liveindustrial problems through the ClientConsultancy project in the 2nd Term.

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MoTI Consultancy Project

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Electives

From the Centre forSustainable Development• Sustainable Water Engineering• Environmental Engineering

From the EngineeringDepartment• Solar Electronic Power: Generation

and Distribution• Renewable Electrical Power• Architectural Engineering• Contaminated Land and Waste

Containment• Accounting and Finance• Electricity and the Environment• Sustainable Energy• Present and Future Energy Systems• International Business Economics• Strategic Management• Biomimetics• Environmental Fluid Mechanics• Management of Technology• Advanced Building Physics

From the Judge BusinessSchool• Introduction to Technology Policy• Uncertainty and Real Options in

System Design• Negotiation Skills• System Dynamics• Political Economy of Technology

Policy• Environment and Sustainability• Management of the Innovation

Process• Project Management

From other UniversityDepartments• Sustainable Architecture and

Urban Design• Sustainability and Chemical

Engineering• Climate Change Policy and Land

Development• Politics, Society and Nature

Elective ModulesStudents choose four of the following

The MPhil Dissertation takes placebetween May and August andprovides an opportunity to study indepth a topic of individual interestto each student.

A progress report on the researchis presented at the DissertationConference in mid July, which isfollowed by the Annual CourseDinner in a Cambridge College. Thisevent also welcomes alumni of theprogramme back to Cambridge.

Individual Research DissertationFor abstracts of previous dissertations see: www-esdmphil.eng.cam.ac.uk/about-the-programme/dissertations

Other Features of the Mphil

Role plays

Change challenges

Residential field course

Site visits

Weekly seminar discussions

Distinguished lecturesPast speakers include:Bill McDonough Jared DiamondJorgen Randers Vandana ShivaFritjof Capra Jonathon Porritt Goran Carstedt(7 events per year inLent term)

The course is a Professional PracticeProgramme designed for studentsfrom an engineering background, andpreferably with some post graduatework experience in the engineeringindustry.

Applicants are required to have a firstor upper second class honours UKdegree in an engineering or sciencediscipline, or an equivalent standardfrom an overseas university.

How to ApplyDetails of how to apply can be found at: www-esdmphil.eng.cam.ac.uk/prospective-students/how-to-apply

Department of EngineeringCentre for Sustainable Development

Department of Engineering

For full programme details see: www-esdmphil.eng.cam.ac.uk/