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UCL was founded in 1826 with a bold and radical agenda, opening up higher education in England to all for the very first time.
At UCL IEDE, we share that radical ethos, responding to the problems and opportunities of the world in ways that are creative, effective and responsible.
Our research, programmes and people have a rich history. Some key dates:
1960 Professor Llewelyn-Davies introduced Building Science at The Bartlett
1965 Professor Hopkinson appointed the first Chair in Environmental Design and Engineering
1978 MSc in Environmental Design and Engineering (EDE) established
1987 MSc in Light and Lighting (L&L) established
1992 The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies established
1992 MSc in Facility and Environment Management (FEM) established
2006 First EPSRC Platform Grant Award (2006-2011)
2007 The Head of The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies founds the UCL Energy Institute
2010 MSc in EDE receives CIBSE's Buro Happold Brilliant Award
2011 Second EPSRC Platform Grant Award (2011-2016)
2014 The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies ceases to exist and the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE) is established
2015 50th anniversary of research and teaching in EDE at The Bartlett (1965-2015)
2017 Historic third EPSRC Platform Grant for ‘Built Environment Systems Thinking’
MSc in Health Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings and MEng Engineering and Architectural Design established
2018 IEDE expands to new research and teaching facilities in HereEast, Queen Elisabeth Olympic Park
MSc in Smart Buildings and Digital Engineering established
2020 IEDE celebrates 55 years of Environmental Design and Engineering in The Bartlett
