School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Undergraduate study


Cross-School design weeks

Develop first-hand experience of working in interdisciplinary built environment teams.

From your very first week at Loughborough, you will undertake innovative, real-world design projects that bring together students from other courses within our School. You will have the chance to work on cross-disciplinary projects that mimic the complex problems and processes you will face in industry.

Society today, and increasingly in the future, requires an integrated built environment in which buildings and infrastructure work together to support our evolving ways of life and increasing urbanisation in a sustainable way. This requires the multitude of built environment professions to be adept at forming multi-disciplinary project teams that combine their expertise to provide sustainable solutions to the increasingly complex challenges of tomorrow.

The projects during our cross-School design week range from concept and feasibility studies through to the design, construction and maintenance of buildings, urban spaces and infrastructure. These are devised to give you insights into the skills students from other courses acquire and how these complement your own. They also provide an introduction to and understanding of the complex, interacting technical, economic, social and environmental factors that are at play in any major construction project, as well as an appreciation of crucial practical concerns such as risk management, project management, and transport.

There is lots of freedom to use the skills we have gained in the first two years to come up with our own designs for an Amphitheatre. I have enjoyed working with other talented engineers to achieve great work so far and I look forward to seeing the outcome of the project.

Chiara Brown
Civil Engineering MEng

Athena Swan Bronze award

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School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Loughborough University
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU