MSc Urban Studies

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Since its launch in 2008, the MSc Urban Studies has prepared graduates for careers across a diverse range of sectors, including local and municipal government, urban policy organisations, cultural institutions, social enterprises, financial services, and think tanks. According to the Graduate Outcomes survey (2017–2022) , 88.1% of graduates were in highly skilled work or postgraduate study within 15 months of completing the course.

Compulsory modules

• Urban Practices
• MSc in Urban Studies Dissertation
• Critical Debates in Interdisciplinary Urban Studies
• Geographies of Material Culture
• Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods
• Precarious Urban Environments
• Postcolonial Cultural Geographies
• London: Aspects of Change
• Urban Policy
• Migratory Activisms, Creative Citizenship
• Global Urban Theory Lab
• Art in the Public Sphere
• Architecture in Britain since the 17th Century
• Health and Wellbeing in Cities: Theory and Practice
• The Representation of Cities
• Materialist Ecological Architectures
• Histories of Global London, 1900 to the Present (I)
• Urban Futures and Prosperity
• Urban Planning in China: Frameworks, Practices and Case Studies
• Planning Practices in Europe
• Infrastructures as Agents of Change
• Critical Issues in Infrastructure Funding, Financing & Investment
• Comparative Planning Systems and Cultures
• Pillars of Planning B
• Participatory Urban Planning Project
• Sustainability, Resilience and Climate Change
• Planning Practice
• International Case Studies in Transport and City Planning
• Urban Regeneration: Urban Problems and Problematics
• Planning Discourses for Historic Cities
• Planning Practices in Historic Cities
• Pillars of Planning A
• Civic Design: Community Participation and Co-Production
• Urban Systems Theory
• Smart Cities: Context, Policy and Government
• Critical Introduction to Sexuality Studies
• Transforming Local Areas: Urban Design for Development
• Adapting Cities to Climate Change in the Global South
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Services in Development
• The City and its Relations: Context, Institutions and Actors in Urban Development Planning
• Health, Social Justice and the City 1
• Health, Social Justice and the City 2
• Metropolis: History of Berlin 1871-1990
• Urban Innovation and Policy
• Engaged Urbanism
• East London Lab
• Cities Methodologies
• Data, Politics and Society
• Planning for Sustainability and Inclusion
• Creative Cities
• Housing as Urbanism: Housing Policy and the Search for Scale
• Food and the City
• Transport Equity and Urban Mobility

Optional modules

• Geographies of Material Culture
• Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods
• Precarious Urban Environments
• Postcolonial Cultural Geographies
• London: Aspects of Change
• Urban Policy
• Migratory Activisms, Creative Citizenship
• Global Urban Theory Lab
• Art in the Public Sphere
• Architecture in Britain since the 17th Century
• Health and Wellbeing in Cities: Theory and Practice
• The Representation of Cities
• Materialist Ecological Architectures
• Histories of Global London, 1900 to the Present (I)
• Urban Futures and Prosperity
• Urban Planning in China: Frameworks, Practices and Case Studies
• Planning Practices in Europe
• Infrastructures as Agents of Change
• Critical Issues in Infrastructure Funding, Financing & Investment
• Comparative Planning Systems and Cultures
• Pillars of Planning B
• Participatory Urban Planning Project
• Sustainability, Resilience and Climate Change
• Planning Practice
• International Case Studies in Transport and City Planning
• Urban Regeneration: Urban Problems and Problematics
• Planning Discourses for Historic Cities
• Planning Practices in Historic Cities
• Pillars of Planning A
• Civic Design: Community Participation and Co-Production
• Urban Systems Theory
• Smart Cities: Context, Policy and Government
• Critical Introduction to Sexuality Studies
• Transforming Local Areas: Urban Design for Development
• Adapting Cities to Climate Change in the Global South
• Sustainable Infrastructure and Services in Development
• The City and its Relations: Context, Institutions and Actors in Urban Development Planning
• Health, Social Justice and the City 1
• Health, Social Justice and the City 2
• Metropolis: History of Berlin 1871-1990
• Urban Innovation and Policy
• Engaged Urbanism
• East London Lab
• Cities Methodologies
• Data, Politics and Society
• Planning for Sustainability and Inclusion
• Creative Cities
• Housing as Urbanism: Housing Policy and the Search for Scale
• Food and the City
• Transport Equity and Urban Mobility