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MA Urban Design

University of Westminster — London, United Kingdom

MA Urban Design is a postgraduate Urban Planning course at University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. It takes 1 year, costs £18,685 per year and starts in September.

Postgraduate · 1 year · Full-time · Urban Planning · £18,685 per year

Intakes: September

In an increasingly urbanised world, there is growing international demand for urban design graduates. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to participate in this rapidly expanding profession. Urban design involves shaping the physical setting for life in cities. The pace of urban change, and the challenge of making cities efficient, sustainable and meaningful, demands creative solutions to design and management. Top reasons to study this course (from the course page): - Excellent course reputation – Our Urban Design MA is one of the longest established in the UK and has an excellent reputation in the industry - Learn from experts – You’ll be taught by staff with many years' experience in practice, education, training, research, and consultancy in the UK and overseas - Central London location – Our central London location allows you to interact with a huge variety of practitioners and organisations, as well as drawing on the city's huge range of resources; you’ll be at the heart of the debate over the future of cities - Live-design projects – The course theory and design modules utilise London and the south east of England as an urban laboratory where projects are based on active development sites or set within current areas of change, typically experiencing development pressures or other development challenges, similar to work taking place in practice Campus: Marylebone, Central London Duration: 1 year Start dates: Full-time - September 2027 International tuition fee: £18,685 (Price per academic year). The university states annual fees stay the same throughout your studies. Careers (from the course page): Graduates of this course typically find employment as urban designers in private consultancy or local authorities. Many find the course useful when developing careers in architecture, planning or landscape architecture. This course has a strong vocational focus with a good reputation within the industry. Employment prospects are excellent for full-time students graduating from this course. Part-time students are usually already employed and promotion and career enhancement usually follow soon after completion. Graduate employers named on the course page: AECOM, Barton Willmore, Broadway Malyan, Broxbourne Council, DAR Group, Design Council, Gensler, Greater London Authority, Grimshaw, Hawkins Brown Architects, IBI Group, Levitt Bernstein. Source: University of Westminster course page.

Modules

• The Dynamic City: Urban Form, Scale and Movement (Core)
• Urban Design and Development Process (Core)
• Urban Design Project (Core)
• Place and Experience in Design of Urban Spaces (Core)
• Urban Design Field Trip (Core)
• Sustainable Cities and Neighbourhoods (Core)
• Dissertation / Major Project (Core)
• Planning Research: Methods and Skills (Core)
• Information Management Applications for Urban Planning (Option)
• Emerging Landscapes and Urban Ecologies (Option)
• Environmental Policy, Assessment and Climate Change (Option)
• Conservation and Heritage (Option)
• Communities Towards Sustainability: Public Engagement (Option)
• Housing and Regeneration (Option)
• Planning for Urban Risk and Resilience (Option)
• Sustainable Neighbourhood Development and Management (Option)
• International Spatial Planning Practice (Option)
• Streets, Places and Active Transport (Option)
• Land Use Planning and Transport (Option)
• Extended Essay Option for Planning, Transport and Urban Design (Option)

Careers

• Urban designer
• Master planner
• Strategic planner
• Urban design officer
• Conservation officer
• Urban architect
• Urbanist
• Environmental planner
• Public realm designer