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MSc Urban Design and Planning

The Urban Design and Planning course at University College Dublin will enable graduates to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to create better places through urban design.

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Duration

1 year

Starting Date

September

Tuition Fee

For information about tuition fees, please contact UCD using the enquiry form.

Location

Dublin, Ireland

About the programme

The Urban Design and Planning course at University College Dublin students will also have the opportunity to draw upon the School’s research expertise to place urban design centre stage in tackling a range of pressing environmental and other issues. The programme will appeal to graduates from closely related disciplinary backgrounds wishing to specialise in urban design, including those with qualifications in architecture, landscape architecture, and planning.

Applications will also be considered from graduates with other related disciplinary backgrounds (e.g. geography, engineering, property economics, surveying) where the applicant has a particular interest the specialist area of urban design (as opposed to planning more broadly).

Career opportunities:

The MSc Urban Design and Planning is aimed at graduates from a variety of disciplinary and professional backgrounds wishing to specialise in urban design. The programme is therefore designed to train, mentor and support graduates in developing their specialist knowledge and understanding, along with transferable skills and tools, for careers related to the field. These include roles in the public, private and community sectors, including planning and urban design consultancies, local authorities, development firms, regeneration companies, environmental and other NGOs, as well as research and teaching.

Modules and Topics

Planning Methods, Skills & Techniques
Urban Design Studio
Urban Resilience and Ethics
Conservation and Placemaking

Student Testimonial

“As academics, programme directors, and programme team, we dedicate ourselves with enthusiasm and all our creative strength to the greatest challenge that humanity has ever faced: global climate change and its overwhelming consequences that will change everything in the world. The landscape, the ecosystems, the flora, the fauna, the economy, the cities, the societies — everything. As a landscape architect and designer, I know that we have always stood and worked on the right side, outdoors, where the forces of nature work.
The current accumulation of crises renders clearer than ever what we have to tackle and do. All essential tasks of future landscape design are directly related to the requirements of man-made global change. We can’t wait for anything anymore, we have to act now, design now, and implement now.”

-Professor Joerg Rekittke – Programme Director