MSc Sustainable Cities at King's College London

This Sustainable Cities MSc is an interdisciplinary programme providing a critical understanding of how cities are shaped by human and physical processes. It builds deep understanding of the connections between sustainable urban and environmental futures. Our teaching focus extends beyond the technical infrastructure of sustainable urban development to consider the importance of the social infrastructures that help ensure urban resilience in the face of climate change and global environmental shifts.

Faculty: Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy  |  Department: School of Global Affairs  |  Duration: One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This Sustainable Cities Master's links to the Urban Futures research group, focusing on ongoing research about the way that urban knowledge might produce more socially and environmentally sustainable cities. You'll be able to follow your own interests in social or environmental sustainability by choosing from a range of optional interdisciplinary modules across the Geography Department and beyond. And if you opt to join our environmental internship programme*, you'll get the chance to supplement your academic prowess with real-life urban policy experience.

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