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Established in 1987, the MSc Light
and Lighting (LL) is Europe’s long-standing specialist graduate
lighting course. The course attracts participants with diverse backgrounds
in architecture, interior design, industrial design, various engineering
disciplines, science, arts and theatre subjects. Students have come
from many places around the world, but predominantly from the UK.
Many students have studied part-time while employed in some element
of the lighting profession and industries.
A number of past students have been successful in gaining awards
and prizes from around the world: a winner of the Light Play prize at the Total Lighting Show (2000), winners of the RHS Silver Gilt medal (2004) and Lighting Designer of the Year (2006).
In addition, a number of the Light and Lighting graduates have received
the Society of Light and Lighting’s Young Lighters of the Year award.
Applicants are expected to have at least a second class Honours
degree in an appropriate subject or equivalent professional qualifications.
At the disposal of the programme, The Bartlett houses the
Lighting Simulator, an advanced sunlight and daylight modelling
facility, employing both computer simulation and a sophisticated
variable luminance artificial sky.
The MSc Light and Lighting aims to provide
an holistic approach to lighting design considering the human response
to light and lighting, the science and technology of the subject,
together with the design of lighting as an integrated part of architecture and the built environment.
Full-time students take all modules in one year.Flexible-modular students
typically take modules BENVGLG1, BENVGLG2 and BENVGL4 in year one and BENVGLG3, BENVGLG5 and BENVGBE3 (the Report) in year two. The course’s formal
taught elements are complemented with design project work and visits
to buildings to study lighting. There are also other visits to laboratories
and manufacturing plants associated with the subject.
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All MSc students following the Light
and Lighting course must successfully complete and pass 90 approved
credits, plus the MSc LL Report, to obtain the MSc Light and Lighting.
These 90 approved credits must contain a specified number (at least
75) of credits from the course curriculum, including all core modules
of the course. Students must have obtained in advance the approval
of both their Course Director and the relevant module Director in
order to take any other modules.
Compulsory Core Modules:
Lighting Fundamentals BENVGLG1
This module deals with the human response to lighting, the fundamental definitions of the subject and lighting engineering calculations (both daylighting and electric lighting).
(15 credits)
Lighting Applied Calculations BENVGLG2
This module deals with the application of engineering and mathematical models to the lit environment.
(15 credits)
Lighting Research BENVGLG3
This module introduces research-based results and theoretical model-building in the human response to lighting and lighting engineering calculations.
(15 credits)
Advanced Lighting Design BENVGLG4
This module consists of a set of focused lighting design projects covering the appraisal of lighting, luminaire (light fitting) design and a major design project covering all the issues involved in the integration of daylighting and electric lighting.
(30 credits)
MSc LL Report BENVGBE3
(90 credits) see below
Approved Modules
Lighting Practice BENVGLG5
This module covers material relevant to those who wish to practice as a lighting consultant and the legislative, contractual and technological constraints.
(15 credits)
MSc LL Report BENVGBE3
Students following the MSc Lighting and Lighting are required to submit a 15,000 word report on a subject agreed with the Course Director. In the past, some of the final reports have been presented at the Society of Light and Lighting's Young Lighter of the Year competition and published in The Lighting Journal. Examples of recent student Reports include:
• Brightness-luminance relationships in real environments
• The convivial city: towards a strategy for dynamic urban lighting
• Lighting for ocean liners and city ships of the future
• A critique of Building Regulations Part L, in relation to lighting
• The development of a prototype lighting notation system
• Innovator or imitator: a critical review of Sir John Soane's mastery of daylighting
• Re-lighting post-war modern buildings
• Light, shadow and ambiguity
• Light in sacred buildings
• Luminance intensity and distribution of exterior LED screens
• Whiteness evaluation
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The Bartlett’s
Lighting Centre plays an active part in lighting research. Recent
studies have investigated the human response to light patterns and
their importance in lighting design, the development of user-friendly
interfaces to sophisticated lighting visualisation software and site-specific
studies of urban lighting strategies. Much of the
research actively
informs the teaching on the course.
The majority of past students have either continued
to work, or have gained employment in the lighting profession either
in the lighting manufacturing industry or in lighting design. Many
have gone on to win awards in the field of lighting. A number of
students have used the MSc as a foundation for MPhil/PhD research.
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Course Director:
Kevin Mansfield BSc PhD MSLL Studied architecture
then specialised in lighting. Extensive experience in lighting research,
teaching and publications. Currently working in the area of lighting
appearance and visual quality.
Stephen Cannon-Brookes BSc BArch PhD is an independent lighting
consultant specialising in the lighting of historic buildings and
museums. His research includes physical scale modelling and lighting
appearance.
Peter Raynham BSc MSc CEng MILE MCIBSE MSLL Lighting Education
Trust Lecturer responsible for research activity including interfaces
to lighting visualisation software and urban lighting strategies.
He has edited the
SLLCode for Lighting and the SLL Lighting Handbook.
The course also benefits from presentations from experts within
the profession to provide added depth and course content is reviewed
for relevance by senior practitioners in the lighting industry.
For enquiries and application information please
contact:
Graduate Clerk
The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
University College London
1-19 Torrington Place
London WC1E 6BT
tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 8229
fax: +44 (0) 20 7813 2837
e-mail: bartlett.pgclerk@ucl.ac.uk
Link to Bartlett Graduate Admissions
Link to UCL
Application Form
Link to UCL
Information for Prospective Graduate Students
Link to Scholarships
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