MSc International City Planning

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard is required.

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UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.

You will acquire a range of transferable skills essential for advancing your career in planning and the built environment, including:

• Developing critical thinking, integrating analytical skills and applying creative problem-solving techniques—vital for producing research-driven writing (such as reports, policy documents, and papers) and for managing urban projects that address complex issues, from strategic planning to urban design. 
• The ability to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary environments and to present effectively to diverse audiences.
• Familiarity with software for analyses and graphics.

Compulsory modules

• Comparative Planning Systems and Cultures
• Critical Debates in International Planning
• Pillars of Planning B
• Urban Design: Place Making
• International Planning Project
• Pillars of Planning A
• Dissertation in Planning

Optional modules

• Infrastructures as Agents of Change
• Critical Issues in Infrastructure Funding, Financing & Investment
• Planning for Housing: Process
• Planning for Housing: Project
• Urban Design: Density and Form
• Urban Design Governance
• Planning Discourses for Historic Cities
• Planning Practices in Historic Cities
• Participatory Urban Planning Project
• Sustainability, Resilience and Climate Change
• Delivering Regeneration Projects II
• Urban Regeneration: Urban Problems and Problematics
• Planning for Sustainability and Inclusion
• Urban Systems Theory
• Smart Cities: Context, Policy and Government
• Sustainable Urban Development: Key Themes
• Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Action and Spatial Planning