The International Master’s Degree in City Resilience Design and Management is the first trans-disciplinary program providing you the comprehensive, integrated perspective about Urban Resilience and Sustainability. The title reflects the need to go beyond the “building resilient cities” paradigm, taking resilience as a process expressed through a set of abilities that cannot be just “built or designed”, but must be managed, thus prioritized or decreased.
This programme is mainly intended for urban, regional and environmental planners, architects looking for a comprehensive view of urban studies and cities, political scientists, social scientists, engineers and geographers. Though largely designed for young students, a limited number of practitioners already involved in managing urban risks may be accepted onto the programme. Thanks to the support from ICLEI, METROPOLIS, Rockefeller 100RC and UN Habitat CRPP, among others, not only will students have the opportunity to link up with city partners from these networks, but workers from these organisations may also have the chance to participate in these courses.
Finally, the subjects studied in this course, just like the case studies, are global and will therefore be of interest to people from anywhere in the world.
The aim of this master’s degree is to allow and teach students to become and work within a global community of practice. Classes, debates and workshops will provide them the skills to start understanding many disciplines’ inputs and then learning how to work individually and in a team toward a Trans-disciplinary approach.
This master’s degree is divided into eight modules with a credit load of 35 ects, plus the work placement and master’s degree project:
Master's Degree in City Resilience Design and Management.
Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree (180 ects) in any field related to urban studies or have at least 2 years of experience performing tasks related to urban planning or management in any city administration. Documents required to apply:
