Master of Science - Urban Design
- 1 year
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Canterbury / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
With the new MA in Urban Design degree from UCA, you may expand your understanding of the field and your research abilities while attempting to address the challenging issues the sector faces.
You will learn how to build your own approach to urban design through research-led practise and experimental design in this programme taught at the Canterbury School of Architecture and Design, which offers a fascinating, imaginative, and supportive environment.
Climatic design, urban revitalisation and regeneration, advanced retrofit, localism, transport infrastructures, urban or rural landscapes, or specialised urban analysis are some specialty topics you could choose to concentrate on in your projects. Working with intriguing historical and sustainability issues, utilising both modern technology and traditional crafts, and exploring both digital and "real" space are all options.
You will have access to cutting-edge fabrication and testing methods, cutting-edge scanning and virtual reality technology, and a variety of traditional craft-based workshops. All of these resources will help you bring your design proposals to life and pave the way for future careers in urban design and planning at higher levels.
You can choose the Integrated International Pre-Masters, a year-long preparatory programme of study to get you ready for your master's in the UK, improving your speaking and writing skills in English along with your specialty skills, research knowledge, and self-confidence.
Program structure
Term one
The University, its technical workshops, and other resources will be introduced to you. In the first term, you'll take part in a variety of lectures and seminars and begin to investigate your creative practise.
- Contexts and Methods
You'll be asked to talk about fundamental ideas and methods in both modern and classical architecture, fine art, and design. Additionally, you will discuss significant thematic arguments about the landscape, including historical processes, notions of cultural production, spatial perception and cognition, material tactility, and embodied relationships. You might think about your individual study plans in the perspective of these critical intellectual issues.
- Exploratory Practice
In this unit, immerse yourself in the creative studio environment. You might even start forming your ideas for the later stages of your MSc during this unit. You will also learn about the difficulties, demands, and failures that come with managing oneself and completing big spatial plans, such as the design and construction of a landscape.
Term two
Developing your MSc project begins in term two when you evaluate and test the objectives of your proposal through an extended period of self-directed study.
- Project Development
The work you do in this unit builds on the knowledge you gained in the first term. You'll be expected to combine theoretical and applied or practical research strands into a much more focused and sophisticated path of inquiry that will support the rest of your MSc project.
Term three
You'll use the knowledge you learn through your research to produce a final body of work in the third term of the course.
- Final Realisation
The final realisation of your major project, which should be an exposition and practical manifestation of ideas, concepts, and levels of attained sophistication, is the capstone of your course. It should conclude the inquiries started in all earlier sections and produce a singular body of work that displays highly developed conceptual, technological, and practical capacity.
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Master's courses, we usually require that you have successful completion of your Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognised university.
English Language requirements for MA/MSc & MBA courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.5
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 90
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 176
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Pass, Reading Pass, Speaking Pass, Writing Pass, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 38, Reading 38, Speaking 38, Writing 38, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
We'll need to examine your written or graphic portfolio for these courses in order to review it. Once you've applied, we'll send you an invitation to submit your portfolio via your applicant portal; more details will be given at that time. This can also be arranged for you if you would prefer to evaluate your work with the Academic Team in person while on campus.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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