Course General Description

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.

School General Description

Founded in 1883, Cardiff University has established itself as one of Britain's leading research universities. It is an ambitious and innovative institution, with a bold and strategic vision, located in the beautiful and thriving capital city that is Cardiff. The university's ambition is to rank consistently among the top 100 universities in the world and the top 20 in the UK. Cardiff excels in education, research and innovation, and has been building strong international relationships, whilst at the same time demonstrating its commitment to Wales. The university brings significant economic and social benefits to Wales and the UK as a whole, contributing in areas such as employment, research funding and teaching and learning activities.