Sustainable Urbanism and Spatial Planning

Cycle

Segundo ciclo

Degree

Master

Coordinator

Margarida Pereira; João Farinha (FCT/NOVA)

Opening date

September 2015

Vacancies

45 vagas (candidaturas na FCT/NOVA)

Fees

1st year - 1.063,47 € 2nd year - 1.465,00 €

Schedule

After-work schedule and Saturdays

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.

Access conditions

1) As provided in paragraph 1, article 17 of Decree-Law No. 74/2006 and republished by Decree-Law No. 115/2013 . 2) Applicants meeting the requirements of academic and curricular expressed in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be selected taking into account the following criteria: a) degree classification; b) academic and scientific curriculum; c) Professional curriculum; d) Possible interview

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.

Access to other courses

Access to study programmes leading to a doctoral degree.

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	Air, Noise, Energy and Carbon in the Sustainable City	3
722171239	Strategic Environmental Evaluation and Monitoring of Plans	6
722171221	Sustainable Cities and Urban Innovation	6
722171220	Direito do Ordenamento do Território, do Urbanismo e da Construção	3
722171224	Urban Economy and Competitive Cities	6
722171227	Sustainable Urban Management	3
722171219	Governance, Government and Citizenship	3
722171216	History and Theory of Urbanism	3
722171223	Sustainable Mobility and Transports	6
722171222	Environmental Planning - Greenways, Green Infrastructures and Urban Greenspaces	6
722171215	Urban and Spatial Planning	6
722171218	Urban Policies	6
722171226	Projecto em Urbanismo Sustentável e em Ordenamento do Território	9
722171217	Geographic Computer Technology in Urban Planning	6

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722171231	Cities, Urbanity and Territory	3
722171230	Real Estate Development and the Production of Urban Space	3
722171229	Redes e Sistemas Urbanos na Cidade Sustentável	3
722171228	Vulnerabilidade, Riscos e Território	3

Elective option 2
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
722041122	Dissertation on Sustainable Urbanism and Spatial Planning	42
722041123	Practical Training with Report on Sustainable Urbanism and Spatial Planning	42
722041124	Trabalho de Projecto em Urbanismo Sustentável e Ordenamento do Território (not translated)	42