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Urban Studies MSc

UCL (University College London)

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  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    28-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Explore the complexities of urban life through this interdisciplinary course. It is designed to help you understand and critically and creatively engage with past and present forces shaping cities. You’ll examine the social, cultural political, economic, and environmental dimensions of urban transformation. This course equips you with the analytical tools needed for impactful careers in research, policy, planning, and organisations focused on the future of urban living. The MSc Urban Studies offers an intellectually rich and interdisciplinary approach to understanding cities and urbanisation in a rapidly changing world. Drawing on leading urban research across geography, planning, sociology, and the humanities, as well as other cognate disciplines, the course equips students with advanced theoretical frameworks and analytical tools to explore the historical and contemporary dynamics of urban life. It challenges conventional geographic and political categories-such as global North/South and post-socialist cities-and invites students to critically reimagine urban futures shaped by capitalism, inequality, and socio-environmental transformation. With a strong emphasis on the dialogue between theory and practice, students engage deeply with diverse urban contexts, including the lived realities of London and other global cities. This course is ideal for students from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds who are interested in critically exploring urban issues. It suits those aiming to pursue doctoral research or seeking to enhance their contribution to urban policy, planning, design or community development. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

Application deadline

28/08/2026

Tuition fees

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£ 35,400per year

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University information

UCL (University College London)

UCL (University College London)

  • University League Table

    13th

  • Campus address

    UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus, Gower Street, London, Greater London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

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