Overview

The Cities MA programme from the University of the Arts London (UAL) course emphasises critical engagement with the realities of spatial production in the context of environmental, political and societal crisis. It embraces the disruptive and experimental culture of Central Saint Martins while ensuring rigorous academic content creates innovative, relevant and applicable results.

Key facts:

MA Cities explores creative approaches to city-making. As an art and design college, Central Saint Martins is a place of intense cultural production, generating critical creative practices in complex and conflicting urban settings. Through an enquiry-led approach, MA Cities will challenge the conventions of urban development, regeneration, and place-making and provide a platform for generating and implementing new forms of civic practice.

Programme Structure

Courses:

Voices from the City

Community and Collaboration

Critical Creative Practices

Commissioning and Governance

Infrastructures and Transactions

Practice Manual (Pre-Thesis)
Thesis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-18 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Design Urban Planning View 394 other Masters in Design in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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59

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

The standard entry requirements for students for this course are as follows:

An upper second-class honours degree OR
An equivalent EU / international qualification
The course aims to recruit post-experience candidates who have graduate-level qualifications and a minimum of one year work experience. The course will not normally recruit from end-on students (i.e. those progressing directly from undergraduate degrees);
Applicants are likely to come from disciplines such as art and design, architecture, urban studies, the humanities, social sciences, politics or economics, or from other areas of creative practice such as performance.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

19845 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

7550 GBP / year

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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