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Master of Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Programme overview

The Master of Urban Design (MUD) is a three-term, 42-credit STEM-designated degree emphasizing the physical design of the built environment, including environmental sustainability and social justice. It can be combined with architecture, landscape architecture, public health and social work degrees.

Faculty: Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts  |  Department: Architecture  |  Duration: 3 terms (fall, spring, summer); 42 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: St. Louis, MO, United States

What you will study

Coursework covers the history and theory of urban form, urban sustainability, morphology and metabolism, urban planning tenets, ecological systems, infrastructural urbanism, spatial justice and community-engaged design. Three urban design studios (St. Louis community project, a North American city, and the summer Global Urbanism Studio abroad) plus fall and spring workshops are required.

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Entry requirements

Applicants hold a professional or pre-professional degree or the equivalent in architecture, urban planning or landscape architecture. To enter the summer Global Urbanism Studio, students need a minimum average grade of B- across the first two urban design studios.

Arts & Sciences master's programmes set their own deadlines, generally mid-December or mid-January.

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