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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 2024
Highlights from our ACE students' End of Year Showcase 2024
Explore our subject areas
Computer Science and AI
Develop knowledge in areas such as computing, business information systems, Internet technologies, software engineering and communications systems security.
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Architecture and Design
Our 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 growing in reputation. We cover a broad range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees.
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Engineering and built environment
Find a course in general engineering, design engineering, engineering management, civil engineering, structural engineering and more.
Browse Engineering coursesStaff
Dean of School: Professor David Tann
School Office
- Dean of School - 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
- Interim School Business Manager - Aybeniz Panahian-Jand
- School Senior Administrative Officer - Patricia Lyn Co
- Deputy School Manager - Zadie Francis
- 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
Course leaders:
- BA (Hons) Commercial Photography - Adam Wiseman
- MA Fine Art - Alexis Harding
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design - TBC
- BA (Hons) Illustration - Elisa Cunningham
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration - TBC
- BA (Hons) Illustration and Animation - Andrew Ioakim
- BA (Hons) Photography - Antigoni Memou
- BA (Hons) Fine Art - Amanda Francis
- Professional Doctorate Fine Art - Karen Raney
- Foundation Art and Design - Samuel Zealey
Academic staff:
- Stephen Barrett - Senior lecturer
- Jonathan Clark -Senior lecturer
- John Cockram - Senior lecturer
- Daniel Coombs - Lecturer
- Pauline De Souza - Senior lecturer
- Michael Georgeson - Senior lecturer
- Paul Greenleaf - Lecturer
- Alicia Hart - Senior lecturer
- Russell Hedges - Senior lecturer
- Andrew Ioakim - Lecturer
- Sam Keogh - Lecturer
- Sharone Lifschitz - Senior lecturer
- Lee Maelzer - Senior lecturer
- Shahid Mahmood - Lecturer
- Carmen Martínez Alemán - Senior lecturer
- Emma McGuire - Lecturer
- Valerie Pezeron - Senior lecturer
- Michael Pinsky - Reader
- Si Sapsford - Senior lecturer
- Debra Shaw - Reader
- Kim Stevenson - Lecturer
- Richard Wilson - Research Professor
Architecture
Subject area lead Architecture and Physical Design: Deborah Do-Rosario-Benros
Course leaders:
- BSc Architecture (ARB/RIBA) - Alex Scott-Whitby
- MA Interior Design - Anastasia
Karandinou - BA (Hons) Product Design - Andrew Wright
- MRes Architecture: Critical Cities - Anna Minton
- BSc (Hons) Architectural Design Technology - Arman Hashemi
- MA/PG Landscape Architecture - Clare Penny
- MA Architecture and Urbanism - Fulvio Wirz
- MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2) - Isaie Bloch
- Foundation Architecture - Keita Tajima
- BA (Hons) Interior Design - Keith Winter
- BA (Hons) Interior and Spatial Design - Keith Winter
Academic staff:
- Stephen Baty - Senior lecturer
- Raquel Castro - Senior lecturer
- Isaac Cobo Displas - Senior lecturer
- Alice D'Andrea - Senior lecturer
- Deborah Do-Rosario-Benros - Senior lecturer
- Prof Anthony Fretton - Professor
- Pol Gallagher - Lecturer
- Maria - Irina Georgescu - Reader
- Susan Ginsburgh - Lecturer
- Armor Gutierrez - Senior lecturer
- Christian Groothuizen - Senior lecturer
- Christoph Hadrys - Senior lecturer
- Nayden Hadzhiev - Lecturer
- Charlotte Harris - Senior lecturer
- Niall Healy - Lecturer
- Carsten Jungfer - Senior lecturer
- Roland Karthaus - Associate Professor
- Toshiya Kogawa - Lecturer
- Claudia Palma - Lecturer
- Catalina Pollak - Lecturer
- Michele Roelofsma - Senior lecturer
- Rosa Rogina - Senior lecturer
- Stephanie Schultze-Westrum - Senior lecturer
- Maria Segantini - Reader
- Alfonso Senatore - Senior lecturer
- Teresa Serrano - Senior lecturer
- Anna Sieczak - Lecturer
- Jeff Tidmarsh - Senior lecturer
Department of Computer Science and Digital Technologies
Head of Department - Aaron Kans
Undergraduate Lead - Bilyaminu Romo Auwal
Postgraduate Lead - Amin Karami
Course leaders:
- BSc (Hons) Applied Computing top-up - Aloysius Edoh
- PG Information Security and Digital Forensics - Ameer Al-Nemrat
- PG Applied Data Technologies - Amin Karami
- BSc (Hons) Computing for Business - Arish Siddiqui
- BSc (Hons) Digital and Technology Solutions - Gaurav Malik
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science - Bilyaminu Romo Auwal
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Web and Mobile Technologies) - Nadeem Qazi
- BSc (Hons) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence - Nabeela Berardinelli
- PG Artificial Intelligence - Mustansar Ghazanfar
- Foundation Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Education and Qualified Teacher Status - Paul Bombo
- PG Computing and ICT - Rawad Hammad
- PG Computer Science (with Industrial Placement) - Saeed Sharif
- PG Data Science - Yang Li
- PG Internet of Things (with Industrial Placement) - Seyed Ali Ghorashi
Academic staff:
- Abdulrazaq Abba - Lecturer
- Hisham AbouGrad - Lecturer
- Atiqur Ahad - Associate Professor
- Mahmud Ahmed - Lecturer
- Tauseef Ahmed – Lecturer
- Solomon Alexis - Senior lecturer
- Nabeela Altrabsheh - Lecturer
- Mohammad Hossein Amirhosseini - Lecturer
- Joseph Annan - Lecturer
- Bilyaminu Romo Auwal - Senior lecturer
- Sujit Biswas - Lecturer
- Nitish Chooramun - Lecturer
- Elias Eze - Lecturer
- Seyed Ali Ghorashi - Reader
- Umaima Haider - Lecturer
- Hamid Hakimazari - Senior lecturer
- Umar Mukhtar Ismail - Lecturer
- Fahimeh Jafari - Senior lecturer
- Shaheen Khatoon – Senior lecturer
- Azhar Mahmood - Senior lecturer
- Dhara Parekh - Lecturer
- Kiran Patel - Lecturer
- Nadeem Qazi - Lecturer
- Fadi Safieddine - Senior lecturer
- Saeed Sharif – Senior lecturer
- Kazin Tansen – Lecturer
Department of Engineering and Construction
Head of Department
Professor Ashraf Ayoub.
Engineering
Subject area lead Engineering: Arya Assadi Langroudi
Course leaders:
- BEng (Hons)/ MEng Civil Engineering - Meghdad Bagheri
- MSc /PG Dip Civil Engineering - Alex Apeagyei
- MSc/PG Dip Structural Engineering - Alex Apeagyei
- BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering - Meghdad Bagheri
- MSc/PG Dip Intelligent Transport Planning and Engineering - Alex Apeagyei
- BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management - Luana Parisi
- BEng (Hons) Product Design Engineering - Kalok Lee
- Foundation year - Adnan Adnan
- BEng (Hons) / MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Paola Falugi
- BEng (Hons) Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering - Paola Falugi
- MSc/PG Dip Mechatronics and Computer Systems Engineering - Subramaniam Arunachalam
- MSc/PG Dip Civil Engineering with Sustainability - Alex Apeagyei
- BEng (Hons)/ MEng Mechanical Engineering - Kalok Lee
- BEng (Hons) Engineering Management - Kalok Lee
- BEng (Hons) General Engineering - Kalok Lee
- BEng (Hons) Railway Engineering - Thamo Sutharssan
- BEng (Hons) Biomedical Engineering - Samir Morad
- MSc/PG Dip Mechanical Engineering - Subramaniam Arunachalam
- MSc/PG Dip Sustainable Energy Engineering - Subramaniam Arunachalam
- BEng (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering - Thamo Sutharssan
- MSc/PG Dip Electric Vehicle Engineering - Subramaniam Arunachalam
- MSc/PG Dip Civil Engineering with Environmental Management -
Alex Apeagyei
Academic staff:
- Hasan Baig - Senior lecturer
- Salim Barbhuiya - Senior lecturer
- Mihaela Anca Ciupala - Reader
- Sarah Catmur - Senior lecturer
- Paola Falugi – Senior lecturer
- Ravindra Jayaratne - Reader
- Jaswinder Lota – Reader
- Rasha Mohammad – Lecturer
- Charlotte Maughan Jones – Lecturer
- Elnaz Naghibi – Lecturer
- Lucian Nita – Lecturer
- Dimitrios Pliatsikas – Lecturer
- Jawed Qureshi - Senior lecturer
- Mohammad Rabbani – Lecturer
- Komal Saleem – 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
Course leaders:
- Foundation year - Bryan Pearce
- FdSc Civil Engineering and Construction Management - Sohrab Donyavi
- BSc (Hons)/MSc Construction Management - Luana Parisi
- BSc (Hons) Surveying & Mapping Sciences - Richard Latham
- BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management - Andrew Arewa
- MSc/PG Dip Project Management with Digital Technology: Sohrab Donyavi
- MSc Robotic Construction - Sohrab Donyavi
- MSc Construction Asset Management with Digital Technologies - Sohrab Donyavi
- MSc Real Estate Management - Sohrab Donyavi
Academic staff:
- 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
- Craig Madden - Technician
- David Morgan - Technical Assistant
- Paul Nichols - Technician
- Mark Sowden - Technical Associate
- Gaynor Zealey - Technician
- Christopher Ok'Onkwo - School IT Technician
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