Target level
Baccalaureate +5
ECTS
120 credits
Other duration
2 ans
Component
Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble (ENSAG), Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA, Institut d'Urbanisme et de Géographie Alpine (IUGA)
Language(s) of instruction
English, French
Presentation
The Master's degree in Urban Planning and Development (UA) is a multidisciplinary and international program that prepares students for careers in urban planning, urban and real estate project management, engineering, and territorial development. This master's degree also offers the opportunity to develop the skills needed for research in urban planning, development and, more generally, urban studies. The UA master's degree offers a wide range of courses that address all the scales of intervention of urban planners and developers: from the scale of the building, through that of collective and public spaces, to urban, peri-urban and territorial systems. This master's degree includes 5 courses, five of which are organized in a progressive manner over four semesters:
- Urban planning and urban project - UPU
- Development and planning engineering for territories in transition - IDATT
- Transformative urban studies - TRUST
- Architecture, urban planning, political studies - AUEP
- Project management of the building 2nd year- MOBAT
This program is designed to be a continuation of existing bachelor's degrees in the humanities and social sciences (particularly geography with a specialization in urban planning), political science, landscape and architecture. The UA master's degree is also co-accredited with the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Grenoble (ENSAG) and is one of the diplomas recognized for obtaining the qualification in urban planning issued by the Office Professionnel de Qualification des Urbanistes (OPQU).
The objective of the Master's degree is to provide students with a solid culture of the city and contemporary territories, the economic, environmental and social dynamics that shape them, as well as the ability to observe, manage, build and project them. At the end of their training, students develop several fields of competence specific to the activities of the practicing and/or research urban planner. These include knowledge of territories and urban studies, planning and the implementation of strategic orientations (observation, study, analysis and evaluation, territorial forecasting and diagnosis, spatialization of territorial projects and strategic planning, assistance and preparation of urban and territorial public policies), programming and urban composition, real estate and urban planning and projects (design, set-up and management of operations), and territorial management and animation (land law, city policy, operation management, territorial development). These skills not only give access to the major families of outlets that define the profiles of urban planners certified by the OPQU, but also allow students to pursue their studies in a doctorate in Urban Planning and Space Development.
International education
Internationally-oriented programmes
Program
Select a program
Urban planning and urban project
To view the presentation of the Urban planning and urban project (UPU) program in French click on the following link here
Development and planning engineering for territories in transition
To view the presentation of the Development and planning engineering for territories in transition program in French click on the following link here
Transformative urban studies
The TRUST programme aims to prepare for the profession of urban planner in France and internationally and to provide students interested in urban issues with both the theoretical and the empirical tools necessary for understanding and implementing transformative urban strategies.
Transformative approaches ambition to trigger and support, in the territories, the processes of change with which the systemic economic, social, political, and ecological crises of our planet confront us. These transformations imply a change in practices in urban planning and public policies, as well as a renewal of the roles of public, private, associative, and citizen actors.
Benefiting from a large network of partners, the Master allows you to work in immersion in different geographical contexts: in France, in cities of Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe, in Tunisia, or other non-European contexts. This cooperation with the actors involved in the making of the cities and the territories allows students to confront current issues from a professional situation and to follow the permanent adaptation of urban professions to international economic, ecological, and political major changes.
The TRUST Master's programme aims to:
- provide students with tools to understand urban transitions and transformations on a global scale and to implement transformative urban strategies in different geographic contexts,
- enable students to acquire a solid culture of the city and to master the technical tools necessary for the analysis of local contexts and the management of complex projects,
- train students to be capable of transcending urban-rural and North-South divides to better understand and act in the face of the complexity of contemporary urban production,
- promote autonomy and adaptation to different international contexts, through immersive learning experiences and the promotion of bilingualism and multilingualism,
- train students to develop and articulate theoretical and practical skills, oriented at the same time towards professional practice in the fields of urban planning, towards development and international cooperation, and also towards research.
UE Savoirs et histoire de la ville et des territoires
6 creditsUE Savoirs des mutations urbaines et territoriales 1
6 creditsUE Savoirs professionnels de l'urbanisme et de l'aménagement 1
3 creditsEC Initiation à la recherche urbaine et territoriale
1 creditsEC Initiation à la vie professionnelle en Urbanisme et Aménagement
1 creditsChoice: 1 among 3
EC Anglais
1 creditsEC Langue vivante étrangère
1 creditsEC FLE
1 credits
UE Development: beyond the North-South divide
3 creditsUE Solidarités et territoires
3 creditsUE Savoirs pratiques des études urbaines transformatives
9 credits
UE Savoirs des mutations urbaines et territoriales 2
6 creditsUE Savoirs de la gestion de la ville et des territoires
6 creditsUE Savoirs professionnels de l'urbanisme et de l'aménagement 2
3 creditsEC Initiation à la recherche urbaine et territoriale
2 creditsChoice: 1 among 3
EC Langue vivante : anglais
1 creditsEC Langue vivante étrangère
1 creditsEC FLE
1 credits
UE Pouvoirs et dynamiques urbaines
3 creditsUE Savoirs pratiques des études urbaines transformatives
12 credits
UE THEORIES FOR STUDYING URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS
9 creditsUE CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
9 creditsEC Management of urban transformations, challenges and risks 1
2 creditsEC Management of urban transformations, challenges and risks 2
2 creditsEC Perspectives globales sur l'habitat et le foncier / Global perspectves on housing and land
2 creditsEC Cities of the Global South: land, housing and services
3 credits
UE TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE IN PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT
12 creditsEC Workshop 1
3 creditsEC Workshop 2
3 creditsEC Représentations visuelles et cartographiques / Visual and cartographic representations
2 creditsEC Local building cultures for sustainable and resilient human settlements
2 creditsChoice: 1 among 3
EC Anglais
2 creditsEC ETC FLE
2 creditsEC ETC Langue vivante Etrangère
2 credits
UE INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH PLAN
3 credits
UE THEORIES FOR STUDYING URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS
9 creditsUE CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
9 creditsEC Management of urban transformations, challenges and risks 1
2 creditsEC Management of urban transformations, challenges and risks 2
2 creditsEC Perspectives globales sur l'habitat et le foncier / Global perspectves on housing and land
2 creditsEC Cities of the Global South: land, housing and services
3 credits
UE PRATIQUES TRANSFORMATIVES EN CONTEXTE PROFESSIONNEL 1
9 creditsUE VIE PROFESSIONNELLE ET OUVERTURE VERS LA RECHERCHE 1
3 credits
UE INTERNSHIP
15 creditsUE MASTER'S THESIS
12 credits
UE PRATIQUES TRANSFORMATIVES EN CONTEXTE PROFESSIONNEL 2
9 creditsEC Atelier
4 creditsEC Atelier international
5 credits
UE VIE PROFESSIONNELLE ET OUVERTURE VERS LA RECHERCHE 2
6 creditsUE MEMOIRE DE FIN D'ETUDES
15 creditsEC Méthodologie du mémoire
3 creditsEC Mémoire et soutenance
12 credits
Architecture, urban planning, political studies
To view the presentation of the Architecture, urban planning, political studies program in French click on the following link here
Project management of the building 2nd year
To view the presentation of the Project management of the building 2nd year program in French click on the following link here
Admission
Access conditions
The selection is done by a commission on the base of candidates’ CV and an interview that has the objective to check whether they have acquired the language and/or urban planning skills required for direct admission to the master.
Public continuing education : You are in charge of continuing education :
- if you resume your studies after 2 years of interruption of studies
- or if you followed training under the continuous training regime one of the previous 2 years
- or if you are an employee, job seeker, self-employed
If you do not have the diploma required to integrate the training, you can undertake a validation of personal and professional achievements (VAPP)
Candidature / Application
You wish to apply for one of our training courses, please consult the admission procedures according to your profile:
- Applicants from outside the European Union whose country of residence falls under the "Studies in France" system must apply on the "Etudes en France" application only
- For all other candidates, you must apply on the e-candidate application. The schedule of candidacy campaigns is available on the website of the Institute of Urbanism and Alpine Geography
Fees
Tuition fees 2019-2020 : 243 €