University Master's Degree in Territorial Studies and Planning

If you think that the design of cities conditions daily life, mobility, gentrification or tourism, this is your master's degree, taught by one of the best Geography departments in the state.

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  • UAB University Master's Degree
  • Credits: 60 ECTS
  • Course begins on 25/09/2024
  • Beginning of the pre-enrolment period 12/01/2024
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  • Pre-registration period: Closed
  • Places: 25 places
  • Price: €27.67 per credit (EU citizens and non-EU holding an EU residence permit). 2024/25 Academic year.
    €75 per credit (non-EU citizens who do not hold an EU residence permit). 2024/25 Academic year.

  • Language: Catalan (45%), Spanish (45%) and English (10%)
  • Mode: Classroom-based learning

  • Teaching centre: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
053-Màster Oficial en Estudis Territorials i Planejament

You will become a specialist in spatial and urban planning, and you will learn to analyse social dynamics, write up proposals and take decisions on the management of areas and that of its inhabitants.

During your first semester, you will produce territorial planning tools, while in your second semester, you will complete your training in the field of your interest: mobility, tourism, housing, local development or water management, always from the viewpoint of territorial planning. You will also take part in external work placements in firms and public administration departments in which many of our students later go on to work in professionally.

You will be in charge of designing a real municipal project and starting on the first day, you will be working hands-on with town councillors, municipal technicians, architects and urban planners.

In addition, this master's degree offers a series of conferences which include the participation of prestigious guest speakers from around the world, experts in urban planning, housing, ordinance, mobility, etc.

Lecturers include academics and internationally renowned professionals working in the sectors of urban planning, the design of neighbourhoods, the creation of new metropolitan mobility models, and the management of current tourism trends.

Once you have completed the master's degree you will be prepared to enter the labour market as a technician in territorial planning, socio-economic studies of neighbourhood designs, urban development and territorial management projects, and as a mobility consultant.

All of this in a modern working environment that uses all of the latest technologies to offer both on-site and remote teaching, organised by the country's top department of Geography and at a modern and innovative university.

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Coordinator university:

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Quality

AQU Catalunya quality seal of the Official Master's Degree in Territorial Studies and Planning Go to the Master in figures

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