Overview
Our Sustainable Cities MSc offered by the University of Leeds tackles this skills shortage by equipping you with the knowledge and tools necessary to become an urban sustainability leader. On this programme you'll experience urban sustainability first hand, blending concepts and theories with real-world problems and solutions.
key facts
Cities across the world are facing huge sustainability challenges. While mayors and city councils pledge ‘zero carbon cities’ by 2040, a serious skills shortage means a new generation of sustainability leaders is needed.
You'll learn about energy systems, transport networks, housing provision, urban ecosystems and food. Using applied cases, you'll discover how these systems can be transformed to produce better economic, environmental, and social outcomes, meaning you’ll be fully equipped to pursue careers in city government, consultancy, NGOs and beyond.
Throughout your course, there’ll be input from across several of our Schools – all of which conduct internationally excellent research that addresses and challenges global environmental issues, ensuring you’ll be learning the most topical and up-to-date information in this field.
Why study at Leeds:
- Graduate with an MSc from a university that takes an active role in sustainability throughout our campus and beyond.
- Learn the latest innovations in sustainability through our globally-renowned research which feeds directly into this course and gives you the opportunity to interact with academics who are actively working on solving major global issues.
- Advance your skills and understanding in critical areas sought after in industry, learning how cities work sustainably, with particular focus on energy, sustainable housing, mobility and urban ecosystems.
- Experience expert theoretical and practical teaching, delivered by academics and researchers from across the School of Earth and Environment, School of Geography and the Institute for Transport Studies whose specialisms are closely matched to the content of the modules on this course.
Programme Structure
Our Sustainable Cities MSc is very much driven by the problems that exist within city systems, and the problems that they each face. The course blends the core concepts of sustainability and urbanism with applied, problem-based learning.
Your core modules will focus on the very systems that need transforming to create a sustainable city, such as: energy systems, housing, mobility, urban ecosystems and food. Throughout the course you'll study just one module at a time, allowing you the space to think and properly focus as you go into depth on each topic.
You'll progress through a seven-module structure, completing one module at a time. You'll complete the learning, activities and assessment for each module before the next begins. This way your MSc allows you to focus on one subject at a time, building into the big picture of urban sustainability by the end of the degree.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Campus Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Sustainable Development Urban Planning View 278 other Masters in Sustainable Development in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a natural, environmental, physical, management or social science subject.
We welcome students, from a range of disciplines, who want to engage in new thinking around sustainable cities. You are highly likely to benefit from this MSc if you have a background, interest or a qualification in: geography, town planning, earth and environment, architecture, sustainability, engineering, business and management, sociology, politics or public administration.
Applicants with any of the following will be considered on a case-by-case basis:
- A bachelor degree with a 2:2 (hons) in one of the above subjects where applicants can demonstrate significant relevant work experience in a relevant specialist field.
- Professional qualifications and relevant experience.
Tuition Fees
Living costs
Leeds
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Scholarships Information
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