- Degree
- Master of Arts in Urban Cultures
- Course location
- Augsburg
- In cooperation with
- University of Coimbra (UC), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), University of El Salvador (USAL, Buenos Aires), University of São Paulo (USP)
- Teaching language
- • English
• Spanish
• Other teaching language
- Languages
- English, Spanish and Portuguese
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- The application deadline (worldwide) is 1 May for the following winter semester.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The international research-based Master of Arts in Urban Cultures (URC) is addressed to students with an interest in urban cultural studies, striving to acquire transdisciplinary competencies regarding European and Latin American cities and urban regions. In addition to the study of respective urban theories and practices, the Master’s curriculum concentrates on the importance of culture, creativity, and the arts for sustainable and inclusive urban planning and management, taking into consideration not only urban governance and policy measures but also the constituent role of urban imaginaries and aesthetics for urban identities and creation processes.
Contents:
• Urban Aesthetics & Discourses
• Urban Spaces & Governance
• Urban Transformation & Diversity
• Transatlantic Urban Cultures & Practices
For further information on compulsory and optional modules, see the course website.