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MSc Transport and City Planning

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    MSc 1 year full-time 2 years part-time 5 years flexible

Course Description

The Transport and City Planning MSc blends cross-disciplinary insights on transport and urban planning. You'll engage with global debates and innovative strategies, addressing the transition to sustainable urban mobility, seeking to understand how transport can support the sustainable city. Engaging with sustainable mobility trends, theories and international case studies, you'll develop a comprehensive skill set preparing for a dynamic career in transport and urban planning.

The Transport and City Planning MSc equips you to excel as a transport and urban planning professional, breaking traditional disciplinary boundaries. You will draw from a range of different theories and perspectives from transport and urban planning disciplines to explore transport as an integrated part of the planning of sustainable cities globally. The course explores the theory underpinning city planning along with the complexities of balancing environmental, social, and economic objectives. It covers a wide range of topics from the context and rationale for transport, the psychological and sociological dimensions to mobilities, and infrastructure and project planning procedures and implementation.

Entry Requirements

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree or other qualification of equivalent standard in Urban Planning, Geography, Engineering, Transport Planning, or related disciplines; and/or related work experience.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

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

Student Destinations

You will gain many transferable skills required to build your career in planning and the built environment. These include:

  • A critical understanding of transport and city planning
  • Qualitative and quantitative research skills
  • Project management, data analytics and report writing

Working with dedicated specialists in UCL's Careers Service and our careers specialist in The Bartlett School of Planning you will be supporting in exploring your options, gaining valuable skills and experience, demonstrating your hands-on experience and guiding you through the job application process. 

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Dissertation in Planning
  • Sustainable Urban Development: Key Themes
  • Transport Planning and the City
  • International Case Studies in Transport and City Planning
  • Transport and Well-Being

Optional modules

  • Sustainability and Major Infrastructure Investments
  • Transport Consultancy Study
  • Sustainable Urban Development: Project

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