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.
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Planning Theory and Policy
- Urban and Landscape Design Studio
- Urbanism
- Planning and Design Workshop
- City Debates Seminar
- Research Methods
- Comprehensive Exams in the Field
- Urban Design Thesis
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Urban PlanningAcademic requirements
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Student insurance
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- Accidents
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Official university transcript(s) – All levels
- Graduate Application (apply online)
- 2 recommendation letters
- English Language Requirements (upon admission)
- GMAT is required for the MBA program. GRE is required for some majors at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
- Application fees ($50 or L.L.75,000)
Tuition Fee
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17085 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1139 USD per credit during 24 months. -
National
17085 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1139 USD per credit during 24 months.
Living costs for Beirut
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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