Sustainable Cities MSc
Sustainable Cities MSc
About
- Get an in-depth understanding of the concepts and practices of the future of cities.
- Develop your critical understanding of how cities are shaped by both human and physical processes, allowing you to look beyond the technical aspects of sustainable urban development.
- Draw on a range of international examples to support your understanding
- Use London as a laboratory to study urban sustainability.
- Specialise in issues of social or environmental sustainability by choosing from a range of optional modules taught by the Geography Department and beyond.
- Conduct in-depth research into sustainable cities.
- Learn from guest practitioner and policy speakers.
- Combine academic theory and real-world experience with an environmental internship*.
- Develop your links with the Urban Futures research group and access the ongoing work about the way that urban knowledges might produce more socially and environmentally sustainable cities
- Develop your critical understanding of the interrelationships between urbanization and human lifestyles, politics, economy, ecology and environment.
- Enhance your critical understanding of human impacts on physical processes in cities, and the implications for habitation and liveability.
- Increase your ability to evaluate advanced scholarship relating to policies that promote urban sustainability.
- Promote initiative and develop your independent critical judgment in identifying, analysing and solving problems at an advanced level.
- Develop relevant transferable skills that are embedded in our learning and assessment schemes.
- Enhance your practical skills in data handling, interpretation and use.
- Strengthen your skills in connecting physical dynamics to social, political and management processes.
- Identify the challenges of managing cities in an integrated and sustainable manner.
- Learn to deploy scientific, social and economic theory within a sustainability framework that takes into account the need to address the needs of society, the economy and the protection of environmental resources.
Requirements
Entry Requirements
Postgraduate taught courses
Applicants who have completed a Bachelor degree from a recognised institution in Jordan will need to demonstrate the following grades to be considered for a Postgraduate course at King's:
| UK degree classification | Jordanian equivalency |
|---|---|
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High 2:1 Class Bachelor (Honours) degree (equivalent to 65% overall) |
GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 Overall score of 80% |
|
2:1 Class Bachelor (Honours) degree |
GPA of 3.3 out of 4.0 Overall score of 75% |
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High 2:2 Class Bachelor (Honours) degree |
GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 Overall score of 70% |
Postgraduate research courses
A Master's degree from a recognised university with high grades considered for programmes requiring a UK Master's degree.
English Requirements
- IELTSMin 7.5
English Program Requirements
To study at King's, it is essential that you can communicate effectively in English and are able to do so in an academic environment. You are usually required to provide certification of your competence in English before starting your studies.
Career
Employability
On completion of the Sustainable Cities MSc programme, you will have attained a range of knowledge and skills that will allow you to excel in a wide range of careers. Graduates from this programme have gone onto careers in international organisations, agencies, consultancies, national and city governments, charities, research organisations, in addition to many pursuing doctoral degrees in academia.
Fee Information
How to Apply
- register on the King's Apply Portal
- complete our online application form
Sustainable Cities MSc
King's College London
United Kingdom, London