We believe that comprehensive and practical action is needed to train the next generation of architects and designers to evolve traditional approaches to planning and design in response to our contemporary crisis. This is where our MA in Sustainable Urbanism comes in. 

 

Starting in July each year, we host the first year of the course at our Shoreditch office in London.

 

The programme balances academic and practical training. The first year of our course includes a weekly Masterclass led by experts from our own staff and around the world, while students are placed in one of our departments for 3 days a week. We give students one day each week for reading, in our own specialist library or at the British Library and other research libraries in London. Meanwhile our students work on set essays (in the first and second term) and a research project on an aspect of sustainable urbanism, broadly considered. At the end of the year, we ask our students to present their research as a first year seminar for teaching staff and students. 

 

In the second year, we help our students find a placement of their choice four days a week, while writing a dissertation on an aspect of sustainable urbanism of their choice. 

 

• Architecture
• Urban design
• Landscape design
• Engineering
• Planning or urban policy
• Surveying
• Or related areas

• A CV and Covering letter
• A 500 word essay on the topic "What's Wrong with Urban Sprawl Anyway?"
• Reference letter from your Head of School
• A Portfolio, containing samples of your work
• If you have not previously completed a university course taught in English, please include an IELTS certificate with a score of at least 7.0
• If you intend to apply for a bursary please indicate this at the time of application.