Course summary

The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2022). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas. The two-year MSc in Sustainable Urban Development will provide a rigorous and critical understanding of the policy and practice of sustainable urban development. The course exposes students to sustainable urbanism as both an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary subject at global, national and local scales. Attention is paid to the intellectual history of sustainable urban development, its current and future applications and practice, and the contemporary relevance of research to sustainable urban policy and practice across cities of the Global North and South. The programme attracts a lively and engaged group of students, who combine postgraduate study with their professional lives, and an active alumni network. Students on the course come from a wide international background and share a variety of work experiences in urban development and the built environment. The MSc is designed for those operating in a range of urban contexts worldwide - public, private or third sector organisations - and fosters collaboration, creativity, perspective-sharing and effective networking skills. The MSc runs in partnership with The Prince's Foundation and is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The course is delivered by University academics, industry experts, urban researchers and practitioners in the built environment. Regular contributors include the University’s Transport Studies Unit. Course structure You will attend eight intensive residential teaching weeks during the two years of study, six held in Oxford at the Department for Continuing Education and two held in London at The Prince's Foundation. Each teaching week addresses a core theme of the course. In the first year, you will study five interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teaching weeks:

• Introducing Sustainable Urban Development

• Climate Change and the Built Environment

• Place-making and Urban Design

• Financing Sustainability

• Sustainable Transport

• Urbanism, Community and City-Building

• Urbanisation in the Global South

• Leadership, Governance and Future Cities