Master´s Degree Programme in Sustainable Urban Planning and Climate Change

The new Degree Programme of Environmental Technology provides professionally orientated and international knowledge base for challenges in modern urban planning.

The degree programme provides professionally orientated and international knowledge base for challenges in modern urban planning. The professionals on the field today need more environmental science based information and working skills in contemporary planning processes.

Objectives and purposes

Working in the field of urban planning today is a demanding task for the professionals. New working skills and understanding of multidimensional environmental projects are needed. The new programme is intended to those who have working experience from the field and want to improve their skills and professional knowledge on environmental issues.

The education includes the following subject areas:

1. Urban planning and collaboration
2. Climate change and its environmental impacts
3. Environmental management
4. GIS in environmental planning and research
5. Environmental technology and research

The degree programme is planned and realized in co-operation with two partner universities, Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland (UK) and University of Salento in Italy. The education is carried out by intensive periods in different schools and with the help of virtual meetings and eLearning platforms. Teaching language is English.

Further information

To receive more information about the degree programme, you are welcome to fill out the information request form below.

Qualifications:

At least a bachelor-level degree in the field of Master's degree programme in University or University of Applied Sciences and a minimum of three years of work experience in the field.

Student selection will be made based on entrance examination and interview, portfolio, grade of the thesis and working experience. The examination includes a test based on written materials and an interview. There is no pre-reading material.

The portfolio should include the following viewpoints:

- description of the applying student and his/her motivation and need for the Master programme (CV and other information)
- working experience and the most important work tasks (also visual material included)
- possibilities to study including the possibilities to participate one week intensive periods in partner schools (once or twice a year)

A solid command of English is required.

At the end of the entrance exam there is an individual interview for each applicant.

Master of Engineering (MEng)