Master of Sustainable Urban Practice at University of Cape Town

Programme overview

The Master of Sustainable Urban Practice is a coursework master's in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, convened by Dr Mercy Brown-Luthango. It focuses on sustainable urban transitions, infrastructure, urban finance and urban management.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment | Department: School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

First-year compulsory courses include Sustainable Urban Transitions, Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, Financing Cities and Sustainable Infrastructure, and Adaptive Urban Management and Co-production. The second year is a 45-credit practice-based Research Project: Assessing Urban Practice plus three 20-credit electives such as Climate Change and the City, Urban Food Systems Governance and Digital Cities.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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