Sustainable Urban Management MSc/Diploma

Postgraduate

In Currie

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    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Currie (Scotland)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Home Postgraduate study Building, Planning and Urban Design Sustainable Urban ManagementSustainable Urban Management MSc/DiplomaHow to apply »DeliveryFull-time, Part-time, Distance learningProgramme typeTaughtStudy locationEdinburghEntry dateSeptember, January (DL only)OverviewProgramme contentEntry requirementsFees & scholarships Overview Over half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas and the sustainable development of our cities poses key challenges for urban management. There is a need to deliver sustainability while ensuring managed urban environments can adapt to a changing climate and changing economic and social conditions. This programme represents a new type of degree, focusing on analysing the issues of, and the tools used to address and deliver, sustainable development across the globe, from the scale of the building right up to the regional and national scale. It is designed to equip urban managers and leaders with an academically rigorous and professionally relevant postgraduate qualification relating to changing global circumstances. Our students This programme is mainly designed both for those looking to begin a career in sustainable development, urban management and the built environment, and those with existing qualifications and relevant professional backgrounds who wish to improve their knowledge of sustainable development. Career opportunities Our graduates are quickly able to make a positive and effective contribution to their working environment. Recent graduates have gone on to work in: private sector real estate development and management; private or public sector urban systems management; urban planning and development; and third sector global development organisations. Professional recognition The MSc is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design This programme is delivered by the...

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Edinburgh Campus, Riccarton, EH14 4AS

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  • IT
  • IT Development
  • IT Management
  • Management
  • Design
  • Global
  • Planning
  • Private
  • Part Time
  • Built Environment
  • Urban Planning
  • Public Sector
  • Accredited
  • Climate
  • Systems
  • Public
  • Real Estate

Course programme

Overview

Over half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas and the sustainable development of our cities poses key challenges for urban management. There is a need to deliver sustainability while ensuring managed urban environments can adapt to a changing climate and changing economic and social conditions.

This programme represents a new type of degree, focusing on analysing the issues of, and the tools used to address and deliver, sustainable development across the globe, from the scale of the building right up to the regional and national scale. It is designed to equip urban managers and leaders with an academically rigorous and professionally relevant postgraduate qualification relating to changing global circumstances.

Our students

This programme is mainly designed both for those looking to begin a career in sustainable development, urban management and the built environment, and those with existing qualifications and relevant professional backgrounds who wish to improve their knowledge of sustainable development.

Career opportunities

Our graduates are quickly able to make a positive and effective contribution to their working environment. Recent graduates have gone on to work in: private sector real estate development and management; private or public sector urban systems management; urban planning and development; and third sector global development organisations.

Professional recognition

The MSc is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design

This programme is delivered by the Royal Academy of Engineering Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design. This is one of four such Centres established at UK universities that jointly form a national network to demonstrate and exchange best practice in teaching and research for the sustainable built environment.

Flexible study options

This programme can be studied full-time, part-time or via Independent Distance Learning (IDL), ideal for those in employment or with other commitments, providing flexible study options that fit around work or family.

Programme duration Mode of studyDuration Full-time Part-time Independent Distance Learning (IDL) 1 year 2 years 2-7 years*

*An IDL programme - whether at PgDip or MSc level - can be completed in a minimum of 2 years. On average, our PgDip programmes studied via IDL are completed in 2-3 years, while MSc programmes are completed in 2.5-7 years. Most students intend to complete their studies via IDL within 2-3 years.

Industry links

The School has strong links with professional bodies including the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Town Planning Institute. It prides itself on using these links and wider links with industry, to make teaching and research relevant and applied.

Staff within the Institute are actively engaged in a variety of research projects relating to building design, specification, management and operation.

Additional information

Programme content The programme consists of five mandatory taught courses and three optional taught courses, to complete a Post Graduate Diploma. MSc students must also complete a research dissertation. Semester 1Semester 2 Mandatory courses:Climate Change, Sustainability and AdaptationSpatial PlanningTechnical Networks and Urban ResilienceStudents choose one course from the following optional courses:Low Carbon BuildingsSustainable Design and DevelopmentUK and International Housing PolicyIntegrated Water Resource ManagementMandatory courses:Urban Economy and...

Sustainable Urban Management MSc/Diploma

Price on request