Master of Philosophy

a. General

b. Research Methodology

Areas of Research:

1. Architecture

• Architectural History, Theory, Culture and Criticism
• Architectural Management and practice
• Architecture education and design
• CAD and BIM
• Conservation and Heritage studies
• Environmental Engineering & Architectural Sciences
• Green building design
• Housing design and human behavior
• Urban Design and planning

2. Facilities Management

• Facilities Technology and Information Management System
• Project and Contract Management
• Strategic Asset Management
• Strategic Facilities Management
• Strategic Maintenance Management
• Value, Risk, Quality & Performance Management

3. Geomatics Engineering

• 3D Laser Scanning and Mapping
• Advanced Engineering Surveying
• Cadastral Studies (Strata, Marine and Digital Database)
• Close-Range Photogrammetry, Aerial and Thermal Mapping
• Geodesy and Geodynamics
• GNSS Satellite Navigation & Positioning System
• Hydrographic and Bathymetric Survey
• Optical and Islamic Astronomy
• Physical Oceanography and Tidal Modelling
• Subsurface Detection and Surveying

4. Geoinformatics

• 3D-GIS and Multidimensional GIS
• Big Geospatial Data Analytics
• Geo-computation (Agent-Based Modelling)
• Geospatial Databases
• Geo-Visualisation (Cartography, AR, VR, MR and XR)
• Mobile, Geospatial Cloud and Web GIS
• Navigation Intelligence and Location-Based Services
• Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)Spatial Statistics, Analysis and Modelling
• Urban GIS

5. Landscape Architecture

• Arts and Urbanism
• Biodiversity Conservation & GIS Mapping
• Child-friendly Environment
• Education and Curriculum
• Heritage Landscape and Architecture
• Landscape Community and Spatial Planning
• Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Services
• Landscape Technology
• People-place Relationship
• Urban-Planning and People Wellbeing

6. Land Administration and Development

• IT Applications in Land Administration
• Land Administration
• Land Development
• Land Economics
• Land Law
• Urban and rural management
• Waqf Land

7. Property

• IT Applications in Real Estate
• Property Investment
• Property Management
• Property Portfolio Investment
• Property Valuation
• Real Estate Agency & Marketing

8. Quantity Surveying & Construction

• Building Information Modelling
• Building Services & Construction Technology
• Construction Economics and Cost Management
• Construction Health and Safety
• Construction Innovation & Digitisation
• Construction Procurement and Contract
• Construction Project Management
• Dispute Resolution and Adjudication
• Sustainable Construction
• Whole Life Value and Asset Management

9. Remote Sensing

• Advanced Remote Sensing & Spatial Data Analytics
• Agriculture Application
• Climate Change
• Digital Image and Signal Processing
• Disaster and Risk Management
• Environmental
• Environmental sensing and feature extraction
• Non imaging remote sensing
• Sustainable Earth Resources Mapping & Analyses
• Sustainable Environmental Management

10. Transportation Planning

• Land Use-Transportation Interaction Modelling
• Logistics Planning and Engineering
• Public Transport Planning, Operations & Management
• Regional Transportation Planning
• Risk Management in Transportation
• Sustainable and Smart Transportation
• Transport Data Analytics and Big Data
• Transport Economy
• Transport Geography and GIS
• Transport Law and Policy

11. Urban and Regional Planning

• Environmental Planning, Climate Change and Low Carbon Society
• Planning Education and Research
• Planning Law, Policy and Development Control
• Regional Planning and Urban Economics
• Rural Development and Rural Well-Being
• Sustainable Smart Cities in Housing and Community Planning
• Tourism Planning and Management
• Urban Analytics and Spatial Modelling
• Urban Design, Heritage and Urban Morphology