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MSc Urban Strategies and Design
Heriot-Watt University

MSc Urban Strategies and Design

HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY

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Full time | Edinburgh campus | 1 year | SEP-26

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-26

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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Management Of Change & Innovation Communication Design Strategic Studies

Course Summary

MSc Urban Strategies and Design will develop your consideration of strategies and engagement with urban spaces from a contemporary, socio-political, and economic context, with an emphasis on design. The programme is delivered jointly by Heriot-Watt University and the Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh allowing you to benefit from teaching, research, and policy liaison expertise offered by two major institutions. Applications are processed by the University of Edinburgh and details on how to apply can be found on the University of Edinburgh’s programme page. The programme is open to graduates from a range of disciplines, including geography, architecture, urban planning, and economics. You’ll experience a comprehensive teaching approach towards the delivery of socially sustainable urban transformations. You’ll study a wide and diverse range of social, economic, and political processes that determine the contemporary urban environment, and acquire the tools and skills to propose urban projects of diverse scales and specificities.

Modules

Spatial Planning - Core
This course aims to help students to develop a critical understanding of: spatial planning agendas; sectoral and spatial policy frameworks at national, strategic and local levels; legal and ethical frameworks; implementation mechanisms; development management issues; relationships between land and property and planning, including development rights and property rights. The syllabus includes the following subjects: Reasons for Planning; Development Planning; Urbanisation and Urban Development; Development and Property Rights; Development Management; Environmental Assessment; Conservation and Globalisation and Urban Transitions.
Strategic Spatial Vision Project - Core
Urban Design Theory - Core
Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing - Core
Urban Project - Core
Masters Dissertation

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£14,100

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£31,600

Entry requirements

Applications to this programme are managed by the University of Edinburgh.

University information

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Heriot-Watt University has a 200-year history, and over that time has cultivated an outstanding reputation for its quality of teaching and research. Despite being one of the oldest learning institutions in the UK, it offers a contemporary, research-driven approach to learning that ensures students are always benefiting from the very latest in global knowledge. Heriot-Watt is known for its world-leading programmes and research excellence in...more

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