Doctor of Engineering and the Built Environment program is offered within a school recognized for world-leading and internationally excellent research. London South Bank University (LSBU) is the top modern university in London for world-leading and internationally excellent research in General Engineering, including The Built Environment and Architecture, according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.

The School provides a stimulating and diverse research environment through its broad range of research activities and its mix of academic staff, post-doctoral research fellows, and visiting professors. Research in engineering and the built environment is carried out through specialist centers, and research students are typically expected to join small teams working on specific problems.

Supervision is available across a wide range of research themes and areas, including efficient and renewable energy in buildings; passive low-energy design and building physics; climate change impact and adaptation of existing buildings; building services and renewable energy technologies; refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, cooling, and energy storage technologies; electrical building services such as lighting, power, and control; environmental and architectural acoustics; life cycle assessment, maintenance, and asset management; structural engineering, analysis, and simulation; transport engineering; water systems and management; sustainable development; urban resilience; aging research in built and human environments; green construction; energy and resource efficiency; monitoring energy demand; energy assessment, measurement, and building performance; renewable energy in cities, communities, and districts; and disaster resilience.