Overview

The Redesigning the Post-Industrial City from Erasmus University Rotterdam aims to educate the next generation of urban studies specialists with the 21st century skills and knowledge needed to address the challenges and opportunities of superdiverse societies and cities in transition. 

The study programme in a nutshell

The RePIC programme provides high quality academic education and professional competencies for excellent students, who are eager to specialise in subdisciplines of Urban Studies in a wider sense and who intend to build bridges into neighbouring disciplines, e.g., Law, Civil Engineering, Business, Sociology, Data Science, or Psychology.

Career opportunities

After graduation you will have broad knowledge of:

• urban transformations and urban design in a global perspective; and are able to apply this knowledge in practice, and across different jurisdictions,

• the interdependent human and environmental urban systems,

• sociological and cultural approaches towards urban dynamics and actors, understanding major local and global historical developments influencing urban settings,

• dynamics and processes involved in the revitalisation of post industrial cities from the social science, sustainability, and circular economy perspectives.