Urban Design American University of Beirut

Overview

The Urban Design programme offered by the American University of Beirut emphasizes the mastery of the design tools necessary for the effective practice of urban design. Students are exposed to a multi-disciplinary understanding of contemporary urban challenges that trains them to position the design profession amidst other professions of the city. They learn to integrate design tools with policy strategies and institutional development. 

Learning outcomes

The MUD program has adopted the studio-based approach to professional education as the main context of learning. The program accepts university graduates and practitioners from design fields and prepares them to occupy leading professional roles in design and planning firms. 

The training is multi-disciplinary and research-based. Through these, students learn to analyze urban contexts and formulate interventions in the form of projects and/or policies. Our graduates work in a wide range of positions, within the private, non-profit and less frequently, public sector. Most are occupying leading positions in the region where they have contributed to forwarding innovative and visionary ideas about the practices of planning and design.