PG Certificate / PG Diploma / MA Urban Design
Urban Design Urban Design is a relatively new and expanding design-based profession. Traditional professional disciplines and other specialists often fail to address the issues concerned with the design of the urban environment. These issues fall through the 'gaps' between professional boundaries. Urban Designers bridge these gaps by applying a broad range of knowledge and skills, which enables them to play a significant role in helping create quality environments. From new generations of eco-city plans to tackling overcrowding in Third World cities, urban design is undergoing a renaissance as policy makers seek to respond to new environmental agendas and the need to bring communities into design processes.
Our analytical and creative design-based course seeks to enhance individuals'
personal and professional qualities. It helps those who
plan, design and manage urban environments
to develop creativity, acquire knowledge and
skills beyond their existing professional
discipline. A flexible course design enables
each student to customise learning according
to their needs, interests career aspirations.
Over the past 10 years the course has taught
over 200 professionals from local authorities
and private practices in the UK and overseas.
The course is actively involved with urban
design initiatives in the region, assisting local
communities and urban design practitioners. A
multi-disciplinary team of professionals with
extensive practice-based experience teach the
course. Our resources include new multimedia
studios equipped with drawing boards,
computers and model making facilities,
together with a state-of-the-art library.
The course may be studied full or part-time. Part-time students normally attend one day each week. Full-time students take 12 months and part-time students 2 to 3 years to complete their MA. The PG Certificate and PG Diploma are completed over a shorter timescale. Course Structure and Content This 3 module set gives students a foundation in urban design specific knowledge and skills:
This 3 module set builds on the PG Certificate modules. This is where students broaden and customise their programme of studies relevant to their learning needs.
This 3 module set is where students carry out an in-depth study of a topic of their choice, relevant to urban design.
We encourage students to join our course through a flexible programme of studies, which is customised to individual needs and prior learning experiences. It is formulated to assist those who design, plan and manage urban environments to develop creativity, acquire knowledge and skills beyond their professional discipline. The inter-disciplinary nature of the course enables students to explore a range of design processes in order to achieve environmentally responsive design solutions. A balanced programme that is both analytical, as well as demanding in developing personal creativity, leads to significant enhancement of the individuals' personal and professional qualities. The Final Project and Negotiated Study in particular, enable each student to pursue an academic study route according to their specialist interests, personal preferences and career aspirations wherever possible. Students show evidence of their achievements through the development of a portfolio, which includes their projects and reports together with outputs defined in a learning agreement. Graduates work in the UK and overseas for private and public sector agencies which plan, design and manage urban environments, particularly private design consultancies, local authorities and environmental organisations. Many specialist activities contribute to urban design quality, ranging from small-scale products to large city-wide strategies. We therefore welcome applications from a wide variety of graduates (2:2 minimum) or those with equivalent experience in design related activities such as architecture, landscape architecture, town planning, geography, urban studies, engineering design, three dimensional design, graphic design and visual arts. All suitable qualified candidates will be invited to an informal interview. Overseas applicants are asked to send a selection of creative work and those applicants whose native tongue is not English will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency. Open Days will be held on: All of the above Open Days commence at 10:30am in the Hepworth Point, Civic Quarter.
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John Flinn works for Leeds-based Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Practice, Estell-Warren. He successfully combined working as a landscape architect with part-time study for a master’s degree in urban design. Whilst on the urban design course John was awarded the “Best Student Portfolio Prize” by the Landscape Institute. 
