MSc in Redesigning the Post-Industrial City

Most of the world's population lives in urban areas which challenges us to rethink more sustainable urban futures and, as the European Commission notes, to shape resilient societies and economies. To this end, the alliance of the European University of Post­-Industrial Cities (UNIC) has collaborated to create a unique interdisciplinary joint-Masters programme Redesigning the Post-Industrial City (RePIC).UNIC is inclusive, non-traditional, urban, and unique. UNIC students can actively participate in the transformation of society by developing an understanding of local city environments and by creating research-based solutions to its problems and challenges.About this CourseRedesigning the Post-Industrial City (RePIC) is a two-year, English-taught Master's programme jointly designed and delivered by the UNIC alliance – where the ambition is to build a vibrant knowledge and innovation community committed to the rethinking of more sustainable urban futures. RePIC fosters transformative modes of teaching, research, and learning - responding to the specific challenges and characteristics of post-industrial cities and their increasingly super-diverse populations.RePIC will use the ECTS credit system to facilitate the recognition of qualifications and actively defines mobility periods for students between each of the University partners which include:University College Cork, Ireland (UCC)Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (EUR)University of Deusto (Bilbao), Spain (UDeusto)Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (RUB)Koç University (Istanbul), Turkey (KU)University of Liège, Belgium (ULiège)University of Oulu, Finland (UOulu)University of Zagreb, Croatia (UZagreb)OutlineThe focus of the research-led RePIC curriculum is the contemporary challenges posed in industrial heritage settings. Viewing the city as an experimental living laboratory, RePIC understands the post-industrial city as a complex system that is characterised by physical, political, and historical development paths, limits, and dynamic social, economic, ecological, and cultural vectors. The course is interested in finding new learning and action practices in reconceptualising the civic, cultural, and socio-urban fabric of the post-industrial city.RePIC’s vision is to develop a new network of urban thinkers with the capacity to contribute to future-oriented, avant-garde thinking on the revitalisation of the post-industrial city. If you are curious and interested in the questions about how we can revitalise post-industrial cities, this might be the course for you.RePIC will foster your design thinking skills and teach you how to communicate, and effectively visualise, the challenges and solutions that beset society today. You will have the opportunity to engage with real urban challenges in participatory approaches, to network with city leaders across Europe, and to engage in in-depth learning of a myriad of issues such as urban development, local governance, diversity and inclusion, and beyond.Skills and Careers InformationYou will have the opportunity to create unique partnerships for career advancement: as part of this programme you will network not only with employers through City Labs but employers across Europe.Career opportunities will be varied including:Governmental organizations at local, national, European, and international levels (Public Urban Planning, Metropolitan Planning)The Third Sector, Foundations, NGOs engaged in Neighbourhood or Community Development, Urban Development or TransformationCompanies (consulting, design, architecture, planning, construction) focused on metropolitan transitions (energy, labour market, mobility, health, education)

Applicants must submit all necessary application documents according to the joint application procedure established by the RePIC Admission Committee by the established deadline day.Applicants must have acquired a qualified Bachelor's degree (Level 8, NFQ) with a dissertation, or an equivalent degree, that gives them access to a Master's degree programme with a total grade above average indicated in a Transcript of RecordsApplicants and demonstrable experience in themes related to redesigning post-industrial cities and design-related background. including but not limited to in the following fields: Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Geography, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geoinformatics, Sociology, Public Administration, Culture, Media, Visual Art, and other related fields of study.Applicants have to submit a motivation letter in which they provide a reflection about the content of the degree programme, and state their specific interest in the RePIC programme and their envisaged contributions to the programme.Applicants require a recognised qualification in the language of instruction (English).