Infrastructure Planning, Appraisal and Development MSc/PG Dip

This MSc provides a critical review of infrastructure planning and appraisal methods and international practice and assesses how 'fit for purpose' these are for current sustainable development challenges. The programme focuses on generic lessons and principles that apply across the different sectors, while also covering the sectoral and context-specific considerations that determine success in different development contexts.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of seven core modules (105 credits), one option (15 credits), dissertation (60 credits) and a field trip (not credit bearing).

A Postgraduate Diploma, seven core modules (105 credits), one elective module (15 credits), full-time nine months and part-time 2 to 5 years is offered.

• Infrastructures as Agents of Change
• Business Cases for Infrastructure
• Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Decision-making
• Critical Issues in Infrastructure Funding, Financing and Investment
• Infrastructure Policy, Planning and Consent
• Sustainability and Major Infrastructure Investments
• Major Infrastructure Planning Practice

Students choose one elective module from:

• UCL Bartlett School of Planning
• UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit
• UCL Geography
• UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering

All MSc students undertake a supervised independent research project which culminates in a substantial dissertation.

The programme is delivered through a combination of traditional lectures, tutorials and seminars, a field trip, individual and group project work, and skills-based practical project work, with direct practitioner involvement. Student performance is assessed through individual and group work, essays, examination and project work.