Recruiting now for entry in January, May, September 2012

BACHELOR OF URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING
CRICOS 063051A
This degree provides a foundation in urban design and planning for those intending to make their careers in a variety of built environment professions involved in creating sustainable cities. It is delivered within the context of both history and contemporary concerns and develops practical skills in managing development. You will gain development and property knowledge through studying the specified relevant subjects from those areas. If you are seeking professional membership of the Planning Institute of Australia you will need to proceed into the Urban Planning postgraduate program.

MASTER OF URBAN PLANNING
CRICOS 063114B
The Master of Urban Planning provides a comprehensive foundation in the skills required to undertake the design, appraisal and management of urban and regional developments, using existing and emerging contemporary fields. With this qualification, professionals from a built environment background will be able to undertake urban planning and development at a professional level.

To find out more about Bond University’s sustainability degrees, please visit our website: www.bond.edu.au/isda or email: isda@bond.edu.au

New UO graduate certificate program focuses on sustainability and cities

The University of Oregon is one of the first universities to offer a one-year graduate certificate program in sustainable practices for the built environment.

Oregon Leadership in Sustainability (OLIS) is a one-year, full-time interdisciplinary program for students of all backgrounds with a bachelor's degree. The program addresses the need for future leaders in the public, private and nonprofit sectors in fields such as water, waste, transportation and land use.

The program is led by Dr. Vicki Elmer, a former city manager in Eugene, one-time planning director for the City of Berkeley in California and former professor at the University of California.

"This program was established by the Oregon University System to educate the next generation of sustainability leaders," Elmer said. "It’s a one year ‘boot camp’ for 20 to 30 students who want to immerse themselves in the skills and knowledge necessary to help make sustainable cities a reality.”

The program includes four required core courses from the Planning Department, the Business School, the Architecture Department and Environmental Studies. Students will also participate in three “practicums” with a local client city. The fall term will focus on preparation of sustainability plans and carbon inventories. The winter and spring practicums will develop an eco-district plan for a local city. There is also a leadership component which focuses on self knowledge, working in teams, organizations and communities. Communications skills are also taught.

OLIS applications are currently being accepted for the fall of 2011 through September 12. Classes begin Monday September 19th.

Source: Anya Dobrowolski, OLIS Program Assistant 541-346-8227, adobrowo@uoregon.edu, Vicki Elmer, OLIS Program Director, (541) 346-8227, velmer@uoregon.edu, Rich Margerum, PPPM Associate Professor/Department Head and OLIS Faculty Director, 541-346-2526, rdm@uoregon.edu

Link: http://olis.uoregon.edu/

At York University’s Faculty of Environmental Studies, we push the boundaries of the planning profession. By stressing the relationship between society and space, and between land use and current policy debates on climate change, food security, water quality, Native rights, environmental justice, and a host of other issues, we empower our students to grow into critical thinkers who challenge the status quo.

Master in Environmental Studies (MES) Planning Program
Our planning students are included within our prestigious Master’s program, emphasizing the integration of theory with practice and understanding planning through diverse environmental contexts. Graduates’ programs are certified through the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and professionally recognized by the Canadian Institute of Planners.

Doctorate in Environmental Studies (PhD)
Our self-directed PhD program engages with a broad array of environmental concerns and approaches with a key focus on critical urban planning.

Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century
Led by York City Institute Director and Faculty of Environmental Studies Professor Roger Keil, this major international research project is the first to systematically analyze worldwide suburban developments – providing unique opportunities for student involvement with groundbreaking urban research.

For more information on our programs and research visit www.yorku.ca/fes

Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS),

International institute for urban management of Erasmus University Rotterdam

The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) is a leading international organization in applied knowledge for housing and urban development, associated with the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. We help countries, cities and institutions to find suitable approaches for urban development, and to develop the capacity to implement them. We prepare cities for a better urban future!

Research, advisory services and education
In pursuance of its mission to improve the quality of urban life, IHS focuses on: 1) The development of broad conceptual and practical knowledge through research activities in the fields of for example housing, urban management and development, urban economics, land and regional development strategies, local economic development, urban finance and urban environmental issues; 2) The provision of training and education; and 3) Advisory and consultancy services to effectively utilise existing expertise in urban issues for a diverse number of clients including UN-HABITAT, World bank and local and national governments worldwide.

Building your skills to become a better urban manager
Are you investing in your city? Are you investing in your future? Education is one of the most effective ways to strengthen capacity and to improve the potential of organisations. The IHS course programmes ranges from short post-graduate diploma courses to Master Degree programmes and a PhD programme providing a wealth of case study references from various parts of the world. Since the institute’s establishment in 1958, more than 7,500 urban professionals from 140 different nations have attended IHS courses. IHS alumni include ministers, mayors, successful businessmen, university lecturers and renowned NGO professionals.

More information
www.ihs.nl

Master in Financial Management (MFM) – specialization: Urban Infrastructure Finance

A joint programme of the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) & Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam

Pursue a career in urban finance
The Master programme focuses on preparing participants for financial decision making from a managerial perspective. The programme enables you to become an innovative manager who can handle large scale urban infrastructure projects and other finance-related issues faced by big utility companies, corporate firms, public private vehicles, governments, banks and other financial institutions.

Course introduction
Urban infrastructure provision ranges from billion dollar metro development programmes to inner city revitalisation, water provision and energy provision. Their finance is complex, requiring a mix of public and private sources. This complexity is addressed through a rigorous comprehensive set of core urban infrastructure finance courses by both academic and guest lecturers from diverse organizations, classroom sessions, simulations, business cases and field visits. Elective modules on financial instruments for capital investments, project finance, public private finance and financial decision support tools further enable the participant to acquire a sound understanding of urban financial management.

More information
For admission requirements and application procedure go to www.ihs.nl/mfm.

Urban Studies Program

Designed as an interdisciplinary program, Urban Studies offers a broad introduction to the city and the urban enviroment. Students combine course work and urban issues with hands-on experience in New York City.

By integrating study from numerous academic disciplines, students gain a strong understanding of the complex relationships that contribute to both the problems and opportunities of city living.

A dedicated faculty offer courses ranging from urban politics and community, architecture and the built environment, urban history, immigration and class relations, to literary representations of urban space.

Contact Us: urbstudies@fordham.edu

http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/urban_studies/index.asp

Part-time MSc in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford

• For professionals worldwide who are working across the sustainable urban development sector
• A flexible, modular programme designed to suit those in full-time employment
• An opportunity for individuals to enhance their career prospects

This two-year Master’s programme is offered by Oxford’s Continuing Professional Development Centre in association with the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment.

Both intellectually rigorous and strongly grounded in professional practice, it is aimed at professionals worldwide who are working across the sustainable urban development sector. Through meaningful and state-of-the-art learning, it provides opportunities for employers to develop their workforce and for individuals to enhance their career prospects. With an interdisciplinary focus, the programme is taught by leading researchers and practitioners from Oxford and other major academic and professional institutions. The flexible, modular structure of the programme has been designed to suit busy professionals.

During two years, students attend eight intensive one-week teaching sessions in Oxford and London comprising lectures, seminars, practice-based workshops and one-to-one tutorials; together these are aimed at developing and sharing concerns for social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainable living.

Assessment is through assignments and a dissertation (which can be on a work-based project), and students are supported throughout via a web-based portal, providing access to a rich bank of e-learning materials and class discussion forums.

To find out more about this unique master’s programme, please visit our website:

http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/L700-3

or email: msud@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Urban Management Masters Course at Berlin University of Technology

The Urban Management Master Course was accredited in 2004 and started in the fall of 2005. The internationally recognized Master of Science Degree in Urban Management is awarded for the successful completion of the program. This degree also provides eligibility to register for PhD programmes in Germany and the rest of Europe.

The three-semester Master Course in Urban Management is open for graduates from various disciplines. It has a focus on development situations in the South and transition countries. The course offers training in management approaches that cross the boundaries of isolated professional knowledge and aims to present workable solutions for city management. The issues addressed are related to the most urgent problems of urban development in many countries, including environmental degradation, uncontrolled urban growth, insecure land tenure, substandard housing conditions for the urban poor, and inadequate decision making and local planning systems. Teaching draws on case studies and experience gained by local governments, NGOs, and the private sector. German language courses are offered throughout the first year. The course language is English.

The duration of the Master Course is 3 semesters including a master thesis. Two semesters are reserved for classes at the Technical University Berlin. The third semester is dedicated to further specialization and the preparation of a master thesis. Topics addressing issues derived from problems in the students’ home countries are encouraged. The program also involves internships in relevant institutions in Germany or abroad.

The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 25 people per course. Most of the students will come from non-European countries. Graduates from Germany and other EU countries planning a career in development organizations are also invited to apply. The course is open to graduates from any country holding a bachelor degree or an equivalent in urban development-related fields.

http://www.urban-management.de

Master of Urban Development and Design (MUDD)
at the University of New South Wales,

Faculty of Built Environment (UNSW BE)

The MUDD Program at UNSW BE is a multidisciplinary program that explores the inter-relationship of urban development and design from an international perspective.

Urban design is approached as a comparative discipline and cities from Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Australasia are examined through studio based design projects.

The course explores both the universal values of urban environments, and the unique aspects of cities around the world. Traditionally, urban design programs have had a limited view of the city as merely another large scale physical design exercise, ignoring the economic, environmental and political aspects of cities. At the core of our philosophy is the need to recognise that good design must respect these three crucial factors in urban design education.

Our intensive one year program involves two academic semesters of study plus a summer term and includes a compulsory field project based in a major Asian? Is only an Asian? city. It also includes a compulsory international urban design studio working with universities andor planning agencies in a major city of the world. Each year students are given a choice of two cities and in the past five years, the Program has undertaken urban projects in Buenos Aires, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Delhi, Tokyo, Budapest, Hangzhou, Istanbul, Nagoya and Madrid.

The international urban design studio is the final experience of the course which involves the deployment of knowledge and skills in an intense two week workshop in a totally new city and new culture, combined with critical reflection on this experience, design development and documentation back in Sydney.

Professional Accreditation
The program is accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia.

For more information on UNSW Built Environment MUDD - http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/
For information on the structure of the degree and courses - UNSW Online Postgraduate Handbook.

MSc. Urban Development Planning at UCL

The central focus of the MSc Urban Development Planning (UDP) is international practices in urban development policy, planning and management addressing spatial, socio-economic and political transformation in Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America.

The objective of the course is to equip participants to work effectively as development practitioners in urban contexts, whether at policy or delivery levels, through a deeper understanding of the processes that generate urban change, and to enhance their diagnostic and strategic capacities to respond to such change within the framework of socially just urban governance.

While the focus of the programme is explicitly on the intersection of such processes and planning practice in the context of cities in the developing world (the global South), the knowledge, methodologies and skills obtained during the MSc are nevertheless applicable to urban processes occurring in the developed global North as well.

The course is primarily focused on the city, and is concerned with urban policy formulation, planning and implementation through management, explicitly addressing the power relations present in the urban context and the dynamics of engagement between the different institutional actors. In this sense, it promotes a deeper understanding of community-led urban development in partnership with other actors, based on political economy, socio-cultural and spatial perspectives on urban policy, planning and management. Examining specific case studies in cities of the global South and North, it emphasises the importance of scaling-up processes and practices from the neighbourhood / locality to the city level.

The course benefits from having an interdisciplinary group of students that can provide different and complementary perspectives, resulting in rich discussion and debate.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/courses/masters/msc_udp