MSc Urban Design

The School offers an interdisciplinary Master of Science in Urban Design City Urbanist Masters by research offered in September 2023 in the context of emerging demand nationally for the role of 'City Urbanist'. It is available to graduates of Architecture, Planning and other professions, such as Landscape Architecture and Engineering, with suitable academic qualifications. The programme seeks to develop and improve the students range of theoretical, research and practical skills in Urban Design. The Course has a strong international outlook, focusing on emerging and developing theory, best practice, and Case Studies in Europe and beyond. Allied to this, the Course seeks to understand the Irish urban condition and to create innovative and place-specific solutions for development and improvement. Urban design responses and research related to increasingly complex issues are investigated, including climate change and design, stakeholder placemaking cultures, political and economic challenges and opportunities and increased specialisation of the urban designer's role. UCD provides the only fourth level Masters Research Programme in Urban Design in Ireland. It has evolved significantly since its establishment in 1997.The MSc Urban Design at UCD is designed for professionals who demonstrate appropriate related experience, andor knowledge of a specific research area in urban design or urbanism. Candidates will normally submit appropriate selected previously published or completed work at applications stage.The programme is underpinned by the following key objectives:to provide a solid base in urban design theoryto provide a comprehensive knowledge of current practice and techniquesto provide a robust set of practical urban design skills, andto develop the body of research in urban design in Ireland.

To be eligible to enter a research masters degree or PhD programme an applicant must have obtained a minimum of an upper second-class degree or equivalent in a relevant bachelor degree