Urban Planning, Design, and Policy 36 months PHD Program By Politecnico di Milano |Top Universities
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Program Duration

36 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Architecture and Built EnvironmentMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Architecture and Built Environment

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The UPDP PhD programme aims to explore the significance and impact of contemporary urban changes and understand how they can be governed through planning, design, and policy-making activities. By establishing a dialogue with the best European and International schools, the UPDP PhD programme is the place for research and innovative approaches to urban studies, spatial planning and urban design. Based on a multi-disciplinary approach, the main objective of educational activity and the individual research training is to offer PhD students a challenging environment, a space for international debate and research, experimentation and innovation. The PhD programme is based in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, taking advantage of its rich research milieu and resources. Applicants are requested to submit a research proposal concerning topics of their interest. 

Program overview

Main Subject

Architecture and Built Environment

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The UPDP PhD programme aims to explore the significance and impact of contemporary urban changes and understand how they can be governed through planning, design, and policy-making activities. By establishing a dialogue with the best European and International schools, the UPDP PhD programme is the place for research and innovative approaches to urban studies, spatial planning and urban design. Based on a multi-disciplinary approach, the main objective of educational activity and the individual research training is to offer PhD students a challenging environment, a space for international debate and research, experimentation and innovation. The PhD programme is based in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, taking advantage of its rich research milieu and resources. Applicants are requested to submit a research proposal concerning topics of their interest. 

Admission Requirements

6+
3+
78+

If you have a foreign university degree, you need to bring to the offices of the Secretariat (you'll be contacted by the offices): 

  • A) Declaration of equivalence issued by the diplomatic representation of the Country to which the national education system of the awarded qualification refers (Contact the Italian embassy in your Country for the ‘Dichiarazione di valore’)
  • or
    B) certificate issued by ENIC-NARIC centers (certificate of verification)
    for example, CIMEA statement of comparability + statement of verification
    http://www.cimea.it/en/servizi/attestati-di-comparabilita-e-certificazione-dei-titoli/attestati-di-comparabilita-e-di-verifica-dei-titoli-diplome.aspx
  • or
    C) Diploma Supplement in English 
    (Contact your University to find out if they can issue it)
    https://ec.europa.eu/education/diploma-supplement_en

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