Urban Design MA, PGDip 12 months Postgraduate Program By Newcastle University |Top Universities
Subject Ranking

# 51-100QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

25,700 GBPTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Program overview

Main Subject

Architecture and Built Environment

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This Urban Design master's prepares you to contribute towards an improvement in the quality of the built environment.


We've structured the course around three main urban projects. Each explores key contemporary issues in urban design:

  • urban regeneration
  • housing
  • public space and engagement


Theoretical and practical lectures, seminars and workshops underpin these projects. The course is primarily studio based. There is an emphasis on independent learning. You're encouraged to cultivate a studio atmosphere within your year group. You'll learn from each other's diverse disciplinary backgrounds.



The Urban Design master's builds on the strengths of the multidisciplinarity of its cohort. It complements existing skills and experience in built environment-related disciplines. You'll develop new skills in understanding and designing in physical, social and economic contexts.



Students from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds could take this course; including:

  • architecture
  • planning
  • landscape architecture
  • property development
  • art
  • community engagement
Our Urban Design master's, PGDip has strong links with the Urban Design Group (UDG). One of our graduates won the student prize at the National Urban Design Awards 2014. Sarah Cawrse talks about her winning submission ‘Designing Incentives for Healthy Lifestyles: Promoting food access, physical activity and social interaction through design’. Sarah based this project on Elswick in Newcastle.

Program overview

Main Subject

Architecture and Built Environment

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This Urban Design master's prepares you to contribute towards an improvement in the quality of the built environment.


We've structured the course around three main urban projects. Each explores key contemporary issues in urban design:

  • urban regeneration
  • housing
  • public space and engagement


Theoretical and practical lectures, seminars and workshops underpin these projects. The course is primarily studio based. There is an emphasis on independent learning. You're encouraged to cultivate a studio atmosphere within your year group. You'll learn from each other's diverse disciplinary backgrounds.



The Urban Design master's builds on the strengths of the multidisciplinarity of its cohort. It complements existing skills and experience in built environment-related disciplines. You'll develop new skills in understanding and designing in physical, social and economic contexts.



Students from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds could take this course; including:

  • architecture
  • planning
  • landscape architecture
  • property development
  • art
  • community engagement
Our Urban Design master's, PGDip has strong links with the Urban Design Group (UDG). One of our graduates won the student prize at the National Urban Design Awards 2014. Sarah Cawrse talks about her winning submission ‘Designing Incentives for Healthy Lifestyles: Promoting food access, physical activity and social interaction through design’. Sarah based this project on Elswick in Newcastle.

Admission Requirements

3.3+
6.5+
90+
70+

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a related subject, such as:

  • architecture landscape
  • architecture design
  • environmental design
  • urban planning
  • geography
  • property development
We will also consider your application if you have a degree in a different subject, lower or non-standard qualifications and relevant professional experience. If you have a non-traditional background you could be offered a place on the PGDip. On achieving the required grades you could then transfer to the full MA.

Newcastle University graduates

If you hold an Architecture and Urban Planning BA Honours (K190) or an Architecture BA Honours (K100) degree at 2:2 or above from Newcastle University, you don't need to submit a portfolio. We will automatically offer you a place when you apply.

12 Months
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Tuition Fee and Scholarships

Domestic Students

11,200 GBP
-

International Students

25,700 GBP
-

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