Urban Design MA
Kingston UniversityKnights Park, United Kingdom
Course overview
Find your place in designing the cities of the future Kickstart your career designing the cities of the future On this course, you will benefit from our state-of-the-art workshop facilities, including: 3D workshops, with ceramics, concrete, resin-casting, plastics, metalwork, woodwork and a bronze-casting foundry. As well as a Big Build space for architecture, set design and large scale model making Animation and post production studios Our digital media workshop Knitting and sewing workshops with digital and analogue facilities HackSpace (for collaborative, creative, solutions-focused projects) Letterpress and printmaking workshop, with digital and analogue facilities, for experimenting creatively Our moving image workshop, with studios, editing suite, and industry-standard equipment Our photography workshop, including studios, colour and black-and-white darkrooms, and processing facilities The University also has its own on-site galleries, including: Dorich House – the former studio home of the sculptor Dora Gordine and her husband the Hon. Stanley Picker Gallery – one of the leading examples of a university gallery in the UK.
Its public activities are dedicated to the research, commissioning and presentation of innovative new practice across the fields of art, design and architecture for general, academic and specialist audiences. Project spaces at our Knights Park campus, which you can book for the exhibition of large-scale work. As part of Kingston School of Art, you will benefit from being part of a creative community where collaborative working and critical practice are encouraged.
Our workshops and studios are open to all disciplines, enabling students and staff to work together, share ideas and explore multi-disciplinary making.
Key highlights
- Access to 3D workshops including a bronze-casting foundry
- Big Build space for large-scale architectural model making
- On-site galleries including Dorich House and Stanley Picker Gallery
- Bookable project spaces for exhibiting large-scale work
- Workshops open to all disciplines for multi-disciplinary collaboration
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include relevant discipline; or above
Scholarships
Alumni Discount
Award: 10% discount on tuition fees.
Up to 10% of feesChelsea Arts Club Trust MA Award
The Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Materials and Research Award is a £2,500 bursary, awarded each year to an MA Fashion or MA Sustainable Fashion student.
Up to £2,500Chevening Scholarships
Award: Tuition fees, travel costs and living allowance subsidised.
International Merit-Based scholarships
The scholarships are worth £5,000 towards your first year tuition fees.
Up to £5,000Niloufar Ebrahim Scholarship
The scholarship will cover a portion of tuition fees for the applicant, up to the value of £1,000.
Postgraduate Progression Scholarship
The Kingston University Postgraduate Progressions Scholarship offers a 15% reduction in postgraduate tuition fees.
The Kingston Impact Scholarship
£5,000 tuition fee contribution to two MBA students.
Up to £5,000The Kingston MBA Scholarship
Kingston University Business School is proud to offer a tuition fee scholarship of £5,000 to self-funded candidates.
Up to £5,000
Careers this course leads to
- Urban designer
- Urban planner
- Masterplanner
- Regeneration officer
- Landscape and urbanism consultant
Cost of study
UK/Home: £12,900 per year | International: £22,600 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Kingston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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