The programme provides specialist postgraduate training in urban design for those who already hold a first degree in architecture. Design work operates between body, building, city and metropolitan scales.

Programme aims

• Expose you to a range of approaches, strategies, research and experimentation techniques relevant to architectural, landscape and urban design.
• Provide a rigorous framing for architectural, landscape and urban design through studies in contemporary theory.
• Offer training in the field of analogue and digital representation, both practical applications and philosophical implications.
• Give you an understanding of the specific capacities, possibilities and limits of design within broader urban/metropolitan processes.

To find out more about this course, visit our Degree Finder: Architectural and Urban Design.

On completion of this programme, you will have added a significant urban design qualification to an existing architectural degree, one that is held in high regard by potential employers.

The skills and learning you gain will help you pursue a career at a higher level, branch out into a particular specialism or prepare for further postgraduate education.

If you'd like to study on a postgraduate programme at Edinburgh College of Art, you must apply through EUCLID, our online application system. You can find out how to do this on the University of Edinburgh website, where you'll also be able to:

• see detailed entrance requirements for each programme on the Degree Finder
• get information on what to expect after you apply
• find out about study modes, start dates and fees
• find out where to go for further advice and guidance.

Submitting a portfolio is one of the most important parts of the application process for the Architectural & Urban Design - MSc programme. 

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