Hållbar stadsutveckling: Ledning och organisering

About the institution

Malmö University (Swedish: Malmö universitet) is a public university located in Malmö, Sweden. It has exchange agreements with more than 240 partner universities around the world and ca. one third of the students have an international background. Education at Malmö University focuses on, among other things, migration, international relations, political science, sustainability, urban studies, and new media and technology.

About the program

The Master’s program Hållbar stadsutveckling: Ledning och organisering (Sustainable Urban Development: Management & Organisation) is aimed at those who want to work in management of long-term development processes, concrete projects or work as an analyst in the field of sustainable cities. Main focus of this program is urban development management. Students will gain an understanding of current perspectives on sustainable urban development and the trade-offs involved in this while also learning about the management of development processes with multiple and diverse stakeholders.

The program is aimed at people with different academic backgrounds and is adapted so that professionals have the opportunity to attend it. Options include take courses in the afternoon, or study-part time. After completing this one year master degree, students have the option to directly continue with an additional year at the partner university of SLU Alnarp, thus completing a two ears master.

The full-time program at the Malmö University takes two semesters to complete and is worth 60 ECTS.

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Building & Design

The program focuses on architectural design, construction and technical infrastructure of the building process.

Space & Territory

The program has a geographical perspective, e.g. urban planning, rural development or public spaces.

Interdisciplinary

The program stands out by combining different sciences or approaches with the aim of giving to the student deeper understanding of the subject of study.

Society

The program emphasizes the human dimension of the built environment, e.g. participatory processes or inclusive designs.

Business & Management

The program addresses how to organize architectural and spatial infrastructures or processes, either for private or public actors.

Materials

The program explores (certain) building materials and/or technical circularity processes.

Digitalisation & Technology

The program emphasizes the technological aspects of the built environment, e.g. BIM, robotics or digitalisation.