School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering
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School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering
Placements widely available
Placement opportunities across many courses in the School providing pre-graduation work experience.
Interdisciplinary
Cross-School collaborations and opportunities providing students with broader experience and skills.
Live projects in the community
Students work on real life briefs to gain practical experience with positive impact.
Who we are
The School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering at the University of East London is well-connected throughout the capital and beyond. Our extensive network offers you plenty of opportunities to develop skills and explore the industry - whatever your interests.
Our strong focus on sustainability and community means you will have plenty of chances to gain practical experience and make a positive impact on people's lives. Recently our students collaborated with Morgan Sindall to design a shed for a community garden aimed at combating loneliness.
By the time you graduate, you will not only leave with a degree but also with career-relevant experience and skills gained through our unique Mental Wealth modules.
- The School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering produces employment-ready graduates.
- Our strong links with various related industries ensure we connect you to your future.
- We are passionate about giving you a globally recognised education. For example, we have excellent study-abroad options in China.
- Our Computer Science and Digital Technologies courses are all professionally accredited by the British Computer Society and our students are amongst the most successful and satisfied students in the country, winning prestigious UK tech challenges such as the 2023 University Cloud Challenge and voting our courses first in the country for Assessment and Feedback and for Student Voice in the recent NSS survey.
- Learn from award-winning academics; our staff have worked alongside The Royal Society of Arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Olympic Delivery Authority.
- Our academics have won many awards including the UK's most prestigious visual arts award - the 2015 Turner Prize.
- Our unique teaching practice involves applying design methodologies and advanced technologies to real-life scenarios in architecture, arts, computing and engineering.
We encourage you to build your career passports from the moment you enrol on a School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering course. Our courses are accredited by over 20 professional institutions; this means employers will recognise the value of your qualifications.
Our accreditations include:
- Architects Registration Board (ARB)
- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
- Chartered Institute Of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
- Chartered Institution Of Highways & Transportation (CIHT)
- Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- Institution of Structural Engineers
- Engineering Council
- Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE)
- BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
- Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)
- Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- The Permanent Way Institution
- Techskills
Your future career is at the heart of our courses, we ensure our students graduate ready for employment through a wealth of placement opportunities. Some of our graduates have also gone on to secure full-time employment from placements.
Some of our links include:
ACE End of Year Showcase 2025
Highlights from our ACE students' End of Year Showcase 2025
Explore our subject areas
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Computer Science and AI
Develop knowledge in areas such as computing, business information systems, Internet technologies, software engineering and communications systems security with our 23 different courses.
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Architecture and Design
Our 12 architecture and design programmes challenge assumptions and set new agendas for design in the 21st century.
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Visual Arts
UEL's Visual Arts courses are building an impressive reputation. With 10 degree options across undergraduate, postgraduate, and research studies, we provide a comprehensive foundation for your future.
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Engineering and Built Environment
Explore courses in technical fields, including design, civil, and structural disciplines, engineering management, and general engineering.
Staff
Dean of School and Vice-Provost (Technology) - David Tann
School Office
- Dean of School and Vice-Provost (Technology) - David Tann
- Vice Dean of School and Director of Education and Experience - Gaurav Malik
- Director of Careers and Enterprise - Yasir Imran
- Director of Impact and Innovation - Seyed Ali Ghorashi
- School Business Manager - Habiba Jahan
- Deputy School Business Manager - Aybeniz Panahian-Jand
- School Senior Administrative Officer - Patricia Lyn Co
- Departmental Officer - Karolina Waksmundzka
- Departmental Officer - Faiz Hussain
- Departmental Officer - Estifanos Woldemariam
Department of Architecture and Visual Arts
Head of Department – Carl Callaghan
Art and Design
Subject area lead Visual Arts: Keith Winter
Academic staff:
- John Cockram - Senior Lecturer
- Daniel Coombs - Lecturer
- Garry Doherty - Lecturer
- Amanda Francis - Senior Lecturer
- Michael Georgeson - Senior lecturer
- Paul Greenleaf - Lecturer
- Alexis Harding - Senior Lecturer
- Russell Hedges - Senior Lecturer
- Andrew Ioakim - Senior Lecturer
- Sharone Lifschitz - Senior Lecturer
- Lee Maelzer - Senior Lecturer
- Shahid Mahmood - Lecturer
- Carmen Martínez Alemán - Senior Lecturer
- Emma McGuire - Lecturer
- Antigoni Memou - Senior Lecturer
- William Ogbebor
- Michael Pinsky - Reader
- Karen Raney - Senior Lecturer
- Debra Shaw - Reader
- Adam Wiseman - Senior Lecturer in Commercial Photography
- Samuel Zealey - Lecturer
Architecture
Subject area lead Architecture and Physical Design: Deborah Do-Rosario-Benros
Academic staff:
- Isaie Bloch - Senior Lecturer
- Isaac Cobo Displas - Senior Lecturer
- Anthony Fretton - Professor
- Pol Gallagher - Lecturer
- Susan Ginsburgh - Lecturer
- Christian Groothuizen - Senior Lecturer
- Armor Gutierrez - Senior Lecturer
- Christoph Hadrys - Senior Lecturer
- Charlotte Harris - Senior Lecturer
- Arman Hashemi - Associate Professor
- Niall Healy - Lecturer
- Carsten Jungfer - Senior Lecturer
- Anastasia Karandinou - Associate Professor
- Roland Karthaus - Associate Professor
- Toshiya Kogawa - Senior Lecturer
- Anna Minton - Reader
- Claudia Palma - Lecturer
- Clare Penny - Senior Lecturer
- Catalina Pollak - Lecturer
- Michele Roelofsma - Senior Lecturer
- Rosa Rogina - Senior Lecturer
- Stephanie Schultze-Westrum - Senior Lecturer
- Alfonso Senatore - Senior Lecturer
- Teresa Serrano - Senior Lecturer
- Anna Sieczak - Lecturer
- Keita Tajima - Senior Lecturer
- Fulvio Wirz - Senior Lecturer
- Andrew Wright - Senior Lecturer
Department of Computer Science and Digital Technologies
Head of Department - Aaron Kans
Undergraduate Lead - Bilyaminu Romo Auwal
Postgraduate Lead - Amin Karami
Academic staff:
- Abdulrazaq Abba - Lecturer
- Hisham AbouGrad - Lecturer
- Atiqur Ahad - Professor
- Mahmud Ahmed - Lecturer
- Tauseef Ahmed - Lecturer
- Solomon Alexis - Principal Lecturer
- Mohammad Hossein Amirhosseini - Associate Professor
- Ameer Al-Nemrat - Reader
- Joseph Annan - Lecturer
- Arish Siddiqui - Senior Lecturer
- Umaima Haider - Senior Lecturer
- Hamid Hakimazari - Senior Lecturer
- Rawad Hammad - Senior Lecturer
- Fahimeh Jafari - Senior Lecturer
- Seyed Ali Ghorashi - Reader
- Mustansar Ghazanfar - Associate Professor
- Umar Mukhtar Ismail - Lecturer
- Amin Karami - Associate Professor
- Shaheen Khatoon - Senior Lecturer
- Yang Li - Senior Lecturer
- Azhar Mahmood - Senior Lecturer
- Gaurav Malik - Director of Education and Experience
- Paul Bombo - Senior Lecturer
- Elias Eze - Lecturer
- Nabeela Berardinelli - Senior Lecturer
- Dhara Parekh - Lecturer
- Kiran Patel - Lecturer
- Fadi Safieddine - Senior Lecturer
- Saeed Sharif - Associate Professor
- Aloysius Edoh - Senior Lecturer
- Christopher Ok'Onkwo - Lecturer
- Nitish Chooramun - Lecturer
- Bilyaminu Romo Auwal - Senior Lecturer
- Kazi Tansen - Senior Lecturer
- Nadeem Qazi - Senior Lecturer
Department of Engineering and Construction
Head of Department
Professor Ashraf Ayoub.
Interim Vice Head of Department of Engineering and Construction (Resources) - Sarah Catmur
Engineering
Subject area lead Engineering: Arya Assadi Langroudi
Academic staff:
- Adnan Adnan - Senior Lecturer
- Alex Apeagyei - Associate Professor in Engineering
- Subramaniam Arunachalam - Senior Lecturer
- Hasan Baig - Senior lecturer
- Salim Barbhuiya - Senior lecturer
- Meghdad Bagheri - Senior Lecturer
- Mihaela Anca Ciupala - Reader
- Sarah Catmur - Interim Vice Head of Department of Engineering and Construction (Resources)
- Paola Falugi – Senior lecturer
- Ravindra Jayaratne - Reader
- Jaswinder Lota – Reader
- Kalok Lee - Principle Lecturer
- Rasha Mohammad – Lecturer
- Charlotte Maughan Jones – Lecturer
- Samir Morad - Senior Lecturer
- Elnaz Naghibi – Lecturer
- Lucian Nita – Lecturer
- Luana Parisi - Senior Lecturer in Construction Management and Engineering
- Dimitrios Pliatsikas – Lecturer
- Jawed Qureshi - Senior lecturer
- Mohammad Rabbani – Lecturer
- Komal Saleem – Lecturer
- Thamo Sutharssan - Senior Lecturer
- Wenlin Tu – Lecturer
- John Walsh - Senior lecturer
- Associate academic: Saprava Bhattacharya (Director, WSP)
- Associate academic: Steven Armstrong (Honorary Doctorate, Ford)
- Associate academic: Anusha Shah (Honorary Doctorate, Arcadis)
Construction Transport and Logistics
Subject area lead Construction: Sohrab Donyavi
Academic staff:
- Bryan Pearce
- Sohrab Donyavi - Associate Professor
- Luana Parisi - Senior Lecturer
- Richard Latham - Principal Lecturer
- Andrew Arewa - Senior Lecturer
- Julius Akotia - Senior lecturer
- Mike Hurst - Senior lecturer
- Seoung Wook Whang - Lecturer
- Sajedeh Mollasalehi - Lecturer
- Rob Garvey - Senior lecturer
- Luana Parisi - Lecturer
- Associate academic: Ian Lemon
- Associate academic: Francine Baker
Technical Staff
- Garry Doherty - Technical Services Manager
- Daryl Brown - Technical Associate
- Chris Donovan - Technician
- David Morgan - Technical Assistant
- Gaynor Zealey - Technician
- Christopher Ok'Onkwo - School IT Technician
- Masum Miah - Technician
- Jack Flourish - Technician
- Alina Klimenteva - Technician
Honourary academics
- Chris Williamson - Honorary Doctrate
- Roger Flanagan - Visiting Professor
- Anusha Shah - Honorary Doctrate
- Saprava Battacharya - Visiting Fellow
- Vighnesh Daas - Visiting Fellow
- Zeyi He - Visiting Professor
- Amer Sayed - Visiting Fellow
- Mohamed Imam - Visiting Professor
- Michael Higgins - Visiting Fellow
- Mike Kretsis - Visiting Fellow
- Karl Micallef - Visiting Professor
- Julie Wall - Visiting Fellow
- Hani Alquhayz - Visiting Associate Professor
- Faye Bowser - Visiting Fellow
- Fawad Inam - Visiting Professor
- Charles Horne - Visiting Professor
- Faye Bowser - Visiting Fellow
- Andrew Ruffhead - Visiting Fellow
- Charles Johnson (Chair of IAB, Project Director - AtkinsRéalis)
Facilities
The School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering is based at Docklands campus.
The University of East London prepares you for the jobs of the future. We ensure you have access to industry-standard facilities throughout the School and embrace digital working and new technologies. We have a range of laboratories and workspaces containing sophisticated equipment that you'll be using from day one.
Some of the equipment you can expect to find at the University includes:
- Mechatronics Laboratory
- Communications Laboratory
- Materials Testing Laboratory
- Microanalytical Laboratory
- Large Structures Laboratory
- Geotechnical Laboratory
- 3D printers capable of printing buildings
- Robotics technology
- Hydraulics lab
- Printmaking studios
- Bronze casting
- Laser cutting
- CAD studios
Research
The School has developed and encouraged a strong culture of research collaboration between our architecture, computing, engineering and geo-information centres, with other East London schools and international partners. Sharing research leads to excellent results and greater success.
For more information on our research interests, groups, and research degrees, visit the Research page.
Studying architecture helped me to develop the necessary skills to become an architect. The hands-on approach provided key knowledge in the field of architecture that's unique compared to anywhere else."
Kent Gin
Architecture, BSc (Hons), winner of 2014 RIBA/SOM Foundation Travel Fellowship