The programme provides specialist postgraduate training in urban design for candidates who already hold a first degree in architecture.

The programme aims to expose candidates to a range of cutting-edge approaches, strategies, research and experimentation techniques in architectural and urban design. Design work operates between body, building, city and metropolitan scales.

The programme is structured around a series of architectural and urban design projects, augmented by lecture and seminar-based teaching in research methods, urban design and contemporary architectural theory. All design work is environmentally and socially sensitive.

The programme involves fieldwork in a selected internationally significant city. However, Edinburgh as the home city and Rome as an important European city inform the study of every other city.

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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