Course General Description

The Master of Urban Design programme is a one-year full-time international and interdisciplinary course (two-year part-time), oriented to those who seek an intense educational setting where to study the city in more complex and inclusive terms. Through a combination of real-setting urban design studios and focused modules you will work in addressing the challenges facing urban designers, architects and urbanists in the 21stcentury. You will be prepared to design successful urban spaces that take into careful consideration current and future users based on an understanding of a wide range of issues including those impinging on sustainability, resilience, economics, ecology, sociology, environmental psychology, technology, urban geography, cultural theory or real estate.

School General Description

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is the first autonomous research university in Singapore. NUS is a comprehensive research university, offering a wide range of disciplines, including the sciences, medicine and dentistry, design and environment, law, arts and social sciences, engineering, business, computing and music at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest higher education institution in Singapore. NUS's main campus is located in the southwestern part of Singapore, adjacent to Kent Ridge, accommodating an area of 150 ha (0.58 sq mi). The Duke-NUS Medical School, which is a postgraduate medical school in collaboration with Duke University, is located at the Outram campus. Its Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. The Yale-NUS College, which is a liberal arts college created in collaboration with Yale University, is located at University Town.