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Cardiff University: Urban Design
| Institution | Cardiff University |
|---|---|
| Department | Welsh School of Architecture View department profile |
| Web | http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/architecture/ |
| Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
**Run in conjunction with the Welsh School of Architecture, this course enables students to learn by deploying design, theory, and development and design control practices, which inform urban design processes.**
Our MA Urban Design programme is jointly delivered by the Welsh School of Architecture and the School of Geography and Planning. The goal of this programme is to enable practitioners and scholars to transform the field of urban design through critical thinking and creative practice.
Urban design is transdisciplinary, straddling professional fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and public policy, and also disciplines such as politics, economics, sociology and cultural studies. The programme fully embraces this transdisciplinarity through the theory, research training and design teaching it offers.
You will learn from academic staff from both schools who are highly accomplished and locally engaged in Cardiff, nationally in the UK, and internationally across the world. In the context of the design studios, you will also be able to benefit from the input and expertise of leading practitioners.
Studio teaching focuses on developing critically informed as well as creative and practical proposals for real sites, addressing important contemporary issues of design and urbanism.
**Accreditations**
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
| enquiry@cardiff.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)29 2087 4455 |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
| Entry requirements | For entry requirements, please visit the course page on our website: |
Summary
Our MA Urban Design programme is jointly delivered by the Welsh School of Architecture and the School of Geography and Planning. The goal of this programme is to enable practitioners and scholars to transform the field of urban design through critical thinking and creative practice.
Urban design is transdisciplinary, straddling professional fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and public policy, and also disciplines such as politics, economics, sociology and cultural studies. The programme fully embraces this transdisciplinarity through the theory, research training and design teaching it offers.
You will learn from academic staff from both schools who are highly accomplished and locally engaged in Cardiff, nationally in the UK, and internationally across the world. In the context of the design studios, you will also be able to benefit from the input and expertise of leading practitioners.
Studio teaching focuses on developing critically informed as well as creative and practical proposals for real sites, addressing important contemporary issues of design and urbanism.
Distinctive features:
- Learn from academics in two Schools which are ranked among the top 50 in the world.
- The course is taught via lectures, workshops and design studios, by staff drawn from both the architecture and planning schools, who are leading experts in their fields. Design Tutors include leading practitioners who bring their experience of cutting edge practice to the core of design studio work.
- The course is recognised by the Royal Town Planning Institute as a 'specialist' masters for those who have completed at least a three-year RTPI recognised undergraduate spatial planning degree, allowing completion of the RTPI's educational requirements for membership. For further details visit the Royal Town Planning Institute website.
- Accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), allowing completion of the educational requirement for RICS membership.
| postgradenquiries@cardiff.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 029 2087 0084 |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
| Entry requirements | Typically, you will need to have either: a 2:1 honours degree in disciplines related to the built environment such as architecture, environmental design, interior design, landscape architecture), property development, urban design (undergraduate), and urban planning (including city or town and country planning). For further information, see: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/urban-design-ma |
Cardiff University
Welsh School of Architecture
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The Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University, which was originally established in 1920, is now one of the top-ranked schools of architecture in the UK. We attract postgraduate students from around the world who benefit from the unique experience of studying and living in the friendly and welcoming capital city of Wales.
We provide a vibrant, collaborative environment for teaching and research; our students and staff communities encompass diverse national, cultural and professional backgrounds. We also foster a strong studio culture, encouraging student architects to confront complex situations and issues …
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