The UCL Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Urban Sustainability and Resilience investigates current and future challenges facing our urban environments as well as the opportunities presented. It will enable you to integrate business skills from the world-renowned London Business School and technical skills from University's other centres of excellence, providing you with the necessary tools to give form to the next stage of our urban environment. The EngD is an enhanced concept in PhDs created specifically to develop a new class of engineer with a broad range of interdisciplinary skills and a clear understanding of the business context.

Around 40% or more of your time, over the four years, will be spent working on-site with a company or organisation. Together, and with guidance from UCL's renowned academics, you will develop a research project addressing the real-life challenges faced by industry. You will gain practical exposure to and an understanding of industry, as well as useful contacts!

While on campus, you will work at a dedicated EngD centre - a critical mass of problem solvers and intellectual resources. You will have access to expertise from a wide cross-section of specialist UCL groups and departments. UCL is ranked one of the world's top ten universities. The University is described by the Sunday Times newspaper as 'an intellectual powerhouse with a world-class reputation'. 20 Nobel Prize winners are UCL alumni and former staff.

The EngD lasts four years and includes a taught component. This component usually consists of a customised combination of MSc course units including, for example: Systems Engineering Management, Sustainability modules and a new Resilience module being introduced in 2010. The central topic of your EngD research programme is agreed between you, UCL and the sponsoring company or organisation. You will be assigned two project supervisors: one academic and one industrial. Examination is by thesis and viva voce, and leads to the qualification of Engineering Doctorate, and the title of Doctor.

You will receive a generous annual tax-free stipend of around £18,000 per year. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) awards each EngD project £82,000 over the four years. This sum will cover your fees; research resources, including equipment and desk space at UCL; and your living costs. The company or organisation you will work with will contribute a tax deductible £10,000 per year over the same period to help support your research costs, such as equipment and travel.