Our world is becoming increasingly interconnected. From our homes and cities to the intricate ecosystems of nature, every environment is rich with activity and stories waiting to be told. Connected Environments harness cutting-edge digital technologies to improve how we live, interact, and sustain our planet. By bridging smart buildings with ecological monitoring, these systems offer powerful new ways to observe, analyse, and shape our world.
The Connected Environments MSc at The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) provides you with an opportunity to build this future. This hands-on master’s course focuses on coding, prototyping, and deploying devices that sense, communicate, and analyse data from both our built and natural environments. You’ll gain in-demand skills in programming, data capture, and visualisation that are essential for addressing today’s pressing environmental and urban challenges. You’ll gain a deep understanding of the infrastructure required to instrument and analyse complex environments. You will actively develop sensing tools, support data-driven decision-making, and engage directly with stakeholders to analyse real-world systems.
Upon graduating, you will possess a highly sought-after, interdisciplinary skillset tailored for the future of smart spaces.
The curriculum equips you for end-to-end IoT solution development, guiding you from initial stakeholder engagement to prototyping, deployment and maintenance of connected systems. Through the use of our fabrication labs, you will gain hands-on expertise in building, coding and deploying physical sensors in real-world settings. This physical expertise is matched by strong software and data capabilities. You will develop skills in embedded AI and software development to build robust mobile and web applications, while gaining proficiency in collecting, managing and analysing complex environmental and urban data. The course ensures you can translate these technical achievements into real-world impact through strategic communication, enabling you to deliver compelling presentations, professional reports and prototype demonstrations to diverse audiences.
95.4% of The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduation.
Top industry sectors for The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis graduates in work are IT, technology and telecommunications (24.1% of graduates), construction, built environment and property (13.9%), manufacturing (8.9%), accountancy and financial services (7.6%), and academic research and HE (7.6%).