MSc Urban Strategies and Design at Heriot-Watt University

MSc Urban Strategies and Design is a one-year, full-time, on-campus programme delivered jointly by Heriot-Watt University and the Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh. It examines urban strategy from socio-political and economic perspectives with an emphasis on design, and is open to graduates from disciplines including geography, architecture, urban planning and economics.

Faculty: School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Mandatory semester 1 courses are Sustainable Design and Development, Urban Design Theory, Strategic Spatial Vision Project and Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing, with Spatial Planning also listed. The Urban Project follows in semester 2 alongside options including Urban Project A, Urban Project B and a College of Humanities and Social Science option, and students complete a master's dissertation.

Career pathways

Urban design and development planning and allied professions, in the formal, public, private, voluntary and international development sectors, locally and internationally.

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