Master Urban Governance, Policy and Planning at Sciences Po

Master training urban professionals to analyse, design and steer the transformation of cities and regions worldwide, combining social sciences, urban planning and policy analysis. It is open to students from social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, architecture, engineering and other backgrounds.

Faculty: Sciences Po Urban School  |  Duration: 2 years (4 semesters, 120 ECTS minimum)  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in English  |  Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

A shared core with a year-long capstone project with external partners, seminars, field visits and study trips. Students choose one of two tracks at enrolment: Governing the Large Metropolis (metropolises of low- and middle-income, fast-growing countries) or Governing Ecological Transitions in Cities (ecological transitions at urban scale, comparing Europe and the Global North). Transfers between tracks are not possible.

Career pathways

Project managers, urban policy advisors, consultants, analysts and researchers in local and national governments, UN-Habitat, World Bank, OECD, NGOs, utilities, real estate developers, engineering firms and development banks.

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