Urban Studies and Planning - Landscape Architecture

Overview

Urbanisation is a global phenomenon with direct impact on the future of our societies. Most of the key challenges of contemporary societies are encountered and addressed in cities. Cities provide enormous economic, technical and cultural opportunities, but they are also places of social conflicts and segregation as well as environmental and health problems. 

After completing a degree in the master’s programme in Urban Studies & Planning, the student will be able to:

• Excel as a professional, capable of understanding and addressing complex urban development challenges,

• Identify theories, concepts and empirical research methods relevant to urban studies and planning from related fields of social sciences, humanities, ecology, engineering, architecture, design and art,

• Demonstrate a working understanding of the role of urban government, policy-making and planning in urban development,

• Critically and creatively pose and answer significant research questions relevant not only within but across multiple fields of theory and practice

Career opportunities

The Urban Studies and Planning - Landscape Architecture programme from Aalto University prepares you to be a professional in a field that is meaningful, growing and in demand. You will acquire the knowledge, skills and experience needed to fill both traditional and emerging planning roles (such as urban planning and design, real estate development, strategic planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture, policy and service design). 

To these established or emerging roles, you will bring an integrated understanding of, and training in applying, more interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to urban development. As a graduate you will be prepared to compete for local and international positions within public, private and non-profit organisations, planning, architectural and policy advisory firms, research institutes and NGOs.