Redesigning the Post-Industrial City Erasmus University Rotterdam

Overview

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.

This exciting and unique new Erasmus Mundus funded Master’s programme in Redesigning the Post-Industrial City from Erasmus University Rotterdam creates an educational experience which recognizes and responds critically to issues of cities in different forms and stages of post-industrial transition and educate the next generation of specialists with the 21st century skills and knowledge needed to address the challenges and opportunities of cities in transition and superdiverse societies.

After Graduation

As a RePIC graduate you can find employment in the public sector in areas such as:

• Public Urban Planning / Quarter Management;

• Community Development;

• City administrations;

• Geospatial Data Analysis and Visualization

• Governmental organizations at local, national, European, and international level;

• Social work organizations;

• Third sector, NGO's engaged in Neighbourhood Development;

• Foundations and organizations dealing with urban development and transformation;

• Companies and organisations focused on metropolitan transitions, e.g., in sectors such as energy, data management, mobility, health, housing and education;

• Consultancies with a focus on Innovation and Change Management;

• Design agencies/businesses, development agencies, architecture / construction firms;

• Property developers, consultancies in Architecture and Urban or Regional Planning