Masters in Sustainable Urbanism and Spatial Planning

Education objectives

The upcoming of the new challenges related to the sustainability of the city, of the urban environment and of the spatial planning has brought along the need for highly qualified professionals with a specific education in the area of Sustainable Urbanism, Urban Environment and Spatial Planning.

The Master programme deals with an emerging area with a new job market in the public and the private sector. Because of its impact on the quality of life of the communities it is, at the same time, an area of scientific investigation of highest importance.

General characterization

DGES code

4313

Cicle

Master (2nd Cycle)

Degree

Master

Access to other programs

Access to study programmes leading to a doctoral degree.

Coordinator

Margarida Pereira; João Farinha (FCT/UNL)

Opening date

September 2019

Vacancies

30

Fees

https://www.fct.unl.pt/en/node/22369

Schedule

(see at https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/cursos/)

Teaching language

Available soon

Degree pre-requisites

Length: 2 years/4 semesters.
Total credits: 120 credits (78 in course units of the study programme + 42 in the non-taught component).
Types of non-taught component: Dissertation, Project Work, Internship and Report.
The degree of “mestre” corresponds to the level 7 of the NQF and EQF-National Qualifications Framework/European Qualifications Framework.

Conditions of admittance

Please consult the application call available at www.fcsh.unl.pt

Evaluation rules

Academic Regulation for curricular units evaluation is available at intranet. A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the post-graduate diploma. The final grade of the post-graduate diploma is the average, by credit, of the grades obtained in the course units in which the student obtained the 60 credits from the taught part of the Masters course. A final grade, expressed as a number between 10 and 20 on a scale of 0 to 20 as well as its equivalent on the ECTS grading scale, is awarded for the Masters degree. The final grade of the Masters degree will be the average of the final grade of the taught part of the course, weighted to 40%, and the grade awarded to the dissertation, project work or practical work experience report, weighted to 60%.

Structure

Mandatory
Code Name ECTS
722171225 Ar, Ruído, Energia e Carbono na Cidade Sustentável (not translated) 3
722171239 Strategic Environmental Assessment 6
722171221 Sustainable Cities and Urban Innovation 6
722171220 Planning, Urban Management and Construction 3
722171224 Economia Urbana e Cidades Competitivas - 2nd semester 6
722171227 Gestão Urbanística Sustentável - 1st semester 3
722171219 Governance, Government and Citizenship - 2nd semester 3
722171216 History and Theory of Urbanism - 1st semester 3
722171223 Mobilidade e Transportes Sustentáveis 6
722171222 Environmental Planning - Greenways, Green Infrastructures and Urban Greenspaces 6
722171215 Urban and Spatial Planning - 1st semester 6
722171218 Urban Policies - 2nd semester 6
722171226 Projecto em Urbanismo Sustentável e em Ordenamento do Território - 1st semester 9
722171217 Geographic Computer Technology in Urban Planning - 1st semester 6
Elective option 1
Code Name ECTS
Options
722171231 Cidade, Urbanidade e Território - 1st semester 3
722171230 Lógicas Imobiliárias e Produção de Espaço Urbano 3
722171229 Redes e Sistemas Urbanos na Cidade Sustentável 3
722171228 Vulnerabilidade, Riscos e Território 3
Elective option 2
Code Name ECTS
Options
722041122 Dissertação em Urbanismo Sustentável e Ordenamento do Território (not translated) 42
722041123 Estágio com Relatório em Urbanismo Sustentável e Ordenamento do Território (not translated) 42
722041124 Trabalho de Projecto em Urbanismo Sustentável e Ordenamento do Território (not translated) 42