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Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering and The Built Environment London South Bank University London South Bank University, UK

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GBP 17600

Annual Tuition Fee

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*Subject to change and other fees
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 Free

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36 months

Duration

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7

IELTS

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55%

Min GPA

Program Overview

LSBU is the top modern university in London for world-leading and internationally excellent research in General Engineering, which includes The Built Environment and Architecture research - Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.

The wide range of research activities in our School, together with the mix of academic staff, post-doctoral research fellows and visiting professors, allows us to offer a stimulating and diverse environment.

Aims:

  • This PhD programme aims to design, build, and test an intelligent low-cost and low carbon noise monitoring system using green technology. The low carbon system will be capable of monitoring environmental noise for a longer period.

Methods:

  • There is a growing need (regulation-driven) to monitor airports with a low cost, robust, and simple system. The AI and machine learning algorithms will be mitigating most of the laborious work. The expected research impact will show how such a system could be implemented around a noisy environment such as an airport to monitor environmental noise. An environmental sound monitor will be built and programmed using low-cost commercial electronics such as MEMS microphones, drastically reducing the cost of implementation. The system developed will be tested to international standards for compliance. Another new aspect of this research is that the system will be networked to create a platform. This platform would capture the sound environment and tag sound event spectrograms at the local level through Edge AI classification.
  • A central server will host the main AI. This will improve the accuracy of the classification through directed learning, without requiring user intervention. This will reduce the laborious nature of tagging unusual sound events which breach planning, construction, or demolition conditions.
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Additional Information

Program Level Doctoral Degree(Ph.D,M.D)

College/University Processing Time 21 Days

Program Format Full-Time

Post-Study Work Visa (PSWV) work permit

Program Intake

Open

Sep 2025

Closed

Jan 2025

General Admission Requirement

    Academic Requirement

    • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Master’s degree.

    7 IELTS Score
    55% CGPA Minimum Overall Score

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    17600

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     Free

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    12006 Per year

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    Scholarships

    SCHOLARSHIPS:
    UG-Global Success Scholarshipfor 1st year only

    • £2,000, £2,500, £ 3,500 Tiered Scholarship based on Subject Area 12th Aggregate <75%

    PG-Global Success Scholarship

    • 2,000, £2,500, £ 3,500 Tiered Scholarship based on Subject Area Undergraduate (any %>55%)

    Deposit within 4 weeks of Unconditional Offer for Scholarship INITIAL DEPOSIT:

    • £2,000 (after receiving unconditional offer)

    We've committed over £1 million to our international scholarships scheme

    London South Bank University welcomes and encourages students from all over the world to study with us. We offer a range of scholarships for our international students and some of the awards outlined below can be combined for greater discounts.

    We offer a range of for our international undergraduate and postgraduate students.

    International Scholarships This year LSBU is offering scholarships and discounts to hundreds of students via our International Scholarships.
    International Merit Scholarships The International Merit Scholarships offer students pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate taught programmes with outstanding academic profiles a fee reduction of up to £4,000 on each full academic year's tuition fees for those who meet the criteria.

    LSBU Loyalty Award

    As part of our commitment to supporting our students' future career success we offer postgraduate Tuition Fee discounts for LSBU graduates progressing directly onto a postgraduate course and eligible alumni.
    ONCAMPUS London South Bank Merit Scholarship LSBU is offering scholarships in the form of a 25% fee reduction to ONCAMPUS London South Bank students progressing to university degree programmes. For those who meet the criteria there will be a 25% discount for each full academic year of study. ONCAMPUS London South Bank students who do not meet the criteria will be eligible for the International Scholarships on progression to an LSBU degree programme.

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    As a BUTEX affiliated university we are able to offer you the opportunity to apply for the £500 BUTEX International Scholarship. The Scholarship is open to all International (non-EU) Study Abroad students who are not funded by an ERASMUS grant. To be eligible to apply you must have been offered a study abroad place here. The deadline for applying for this scholarship is mid-June every year.

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