Overview

With this Sustainable Cities course offered at the King's College London you’ll get an advanced understanding of contemporary debates about sustainable cities, with a specific focus on the human and physical processes shaping urban ecologies and environments. You’ll learn from a combination of pure and applied research methods from human and physical geography.

Key benefits

Get an in-depth understanding of the concepts and practices of the future of cities.

Develop your critical understanding of how cities are shaped by both human and physical processes, allowing you to look beyond the technical aspects of sustainable urban development.

Draw on a range of international examples to support your understanding

Use London as a laboratory to study urban sustainability.

Specialise in issues of social or environmental sustainability by choosing from a range of optional modules taught by the Geography Department and beyond.

Conduct in-depth research into sustainable cities.

Learn from guest practitioner and policy speakers.

Combine academic theory and real-world experience with an environmental internship*.

Develop your links with the Urban Futures research group and access the ongoing work about the way that urban knowledges might produce more socially and environmentally sustainable cities

Career prospects

On completion of the Sustainable Cities MSc programme, you will have attained a range of knowledge and skills that will allow you to excel in a wide range of careers. Graduates from this programme have gone onto careers in international organisations, agencies, consultancies, national and city governments, charities, research organisations, in addition to many pursuing doctoral degrees in academia.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Understanding the Sustainable City

Governing the Sustainable City

Understanding Human Mobility

Advanced Quantitative & Spatial Methods in Human Geography

Practising Social Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-25 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-25 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Sustainable Development Urban Planning View 113 other Masters in Urban Planning in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

Bachelor's degree with 2:1 honours. Candidates who do not achieve a 2:1 but have professional or voluntary experience will also be considered.

Please provide a writing sample of around 500 words, answering the required questions. Please note this an essential requirement and supporting statements which do not answer the questions below will not be assessed as part of your application.

A copy (or copies) of your official academic transcript(s), showing the subjects studied and marks obtained.

One academic reference is required. A professional reference will be accepted if you have completed your qualifications over five years ago. In some cases, we may request an additional reference from you.

Applicants may wish to include a CV (Resume) or evidence of professional registration as part of their application.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

31600 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

14500 GBP / year

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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