12 monthsProgramme duration
36,800 GBPTuition Fee/year
25 Jun, 2027Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Urban Planning
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
The Urban Development Planning MSc nurtures urban practitioners with the capacity to catalyse and support collective interventions towards more equitable urban futures. Grounded in longstanding partnerships with civil society networks, academic institutions, local and regional government agencies and global organisations (such as UN Habitat), our course critically engages a southern planning lens to reclaim the transformative potential of planning.
We operate from the standpoint that reclaiming this potential is crucial for cities and city dwellers to capture the opportunities of urban transformations in ways that meet the multiple and overlapping threats posed by climate breakdown, deepening socio-economic inequalities, democratic disengagement, conflict, and violent displacements.
This degree is designed to equip a new generation of urban development practitioners with analytical and practical tools that will enable them to respond strategically to these overlapping challenges within a framework of socio-spatial-environmental justice.
During the course, you will:
We operate from the standpoint that reclaiming this potential is crucial for cities and city dwellers to capture the opportunities of urban transformations in ways that meet the multiple and overlapping threats posed by climate breakdown, deepening socio-economic inequalities, democratic disengagement, conflict, and violent displacements.
This degree is designed to equip a new generation of urban development practitioners with analytical and practical tools that will enable them to respond strategically to these overlapping challenges within a framework of socio-spatial-environmental justice.
During the course, you will:
- Engage critically with planning theory, methodologies and practice to explore how urban planning addresses the intersecting inequalities shaping cities in the Global South
- Learn to work across scales and sectors, from neighbourhood initiatives to national and regional planning frameworks
- Gain hands-on experience through practice-based fieldwork in London and an overseas city, applying your learning to real planning challenges in partnership with local organisations
- Co-produce knowledge and action through collaboration with communities, civil society organisations and institutions involved in shaping urban change
- Build lasting connections with an international network of urban development practitioners committed to social, spatial and environmental justice
Programme overview
Main Subject
Urban Planning
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
The Urban Development Planning MSc nurtures urban practitioners with the capacity to catalyse and support collective interventions towards more equitable urban futures. Grounded in longstanding partnerships with civil society networks, academic institutions, local and regional government agencies and global organisations (such as UN Habitat), our course critically engages a southern planning lens to reclaim the transformative potential of planning.
We operate from the standpoint that reclaiming this potential is crucial for cities and city dwellers to capture the opportunities of urban transformations in ways that meet the multiple and overlapping threats posed by climate breakdown, deepening socio-economic inequalities, democratic disengagement, conflict, and violent displacements.
This degree is designed to equip a new generation of urban development practitioners with analytical and practical tools that will enable them to respond strategically to these overlapping challenges within a framework of socio-spatial-environmental justice.
During the course, you will:
We operate from the standpoint that reclaiming this potential is crucial for cities and city dwellers to capture the opportunities of urban transformations in ways that meet the multiple and overlapping threats posed by climate breakdown, deepening socio-economic inequalities, democratic disengagement, conflict, and violent displacements.
This degree is designed to equip a new generation of urban development practitioners with analytical and practical tools that will enable them to respond strategically to these overlapping challenges within a framework of socio-spatial-environmental justice.
During the course, you will:
- Engage critically with planning theory, methodologies and practice to explore how urban planning addresses the intersecting inequalities shaping cities in the Global South
- Learn to work across scales and sectors, from neighbourhood initiatives to national and regional planning frameworks
- Gain hands-on experience through practice-based fieldwork in London and an overseas city, applying your learning to real planning challenges in partnership with local organisations
- Co-produce knowledge and action through collaboration with communities, civil society organisations and institutions involved in shaping urban change
- Build lasting connections with an international network of urban development practitioners committed to social, spatial and environmental justice
Admission Requirements
180+
7+
76+
4.5+
The normal minimum qualifications are an upper-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. A minimum of six months work experience is also recommended. Applicants who do not meet the minimum academic requirements may, in exceptional cases, be admitted to the programme if they are able to demonstrate considerable senior-level professional experience in planning or a related field and an ability to engage academically with the subject matter.
25 Jun 2027
1 Year
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
21,500 GBP
International
36,800 GBP
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