Program Overview
The Sustainability and Adaptation Planning at Centre for Alternative Technology is a MSc programme in Architecture & Urban Planning over 18 months, delivered Hybrid. This programme equips graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills for professional and academic careers in the field.
Students gain a rigorous grounding in both the theoretical foundations and applied dimensions of architecture & urban planning. The programme combines coursework, research components, and practical projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and specialist expertise relevant to industry and research needs.
Graduates of the Sustainability and Adaptation Planning programme are well-prepared for careers in academia, industry, government, and the private sector across United Kingdom and internationally. The programme provides an internationally recognised qualification within the Bologna higher education framework.
Key Program Features
- Duration: 18 months
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: Hybrid
- English requirement: IELTS 6
- Tuition: GBP 6,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 5,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Sustainability and Adaptation Planning programme are prepared for diverse careers in architecture & urban planning:
- Architect
- Urban Planner
- Landscape Designer
- Sustainability Consultant
- Real Estate Developer
- Heritage Consultant
Program Curriculum
Course Structure
- To obtain the MSc Sustainability and Adaptation Planning students must complete the following:
- A compulsory double module in September and October entitled Sustainability and Adaptation Concepts and Planning (30 credits)
- Four additional compulsory modules: Ecosystem Services: Land Use, Water and Waste Management; Environmental Politics and Economics; Cities and Communities; Transformation Planning Applied Project (15 credits each, total 60 credits)
- Two optional modules from the choices available (15 credits each, total of 30 credits)
- A dissertation (60 credits)
- 15 credit modules are taken over one year if studying full time and two years if part time.
- A typical 15 credit module lasts 8 weeks and students are expected to spend about 150 hours on study and assignments. Unless students are studying the module by distance learning it also includes a residential stay at CAT which lasts from Monday until Saturday (the time for this residential stay is included in the 150 hours for the module).
- Sustainability and adaptation concepts and planning (core)
- Ecosystem Services, Land use and Water and Waste Management
- Adaptation Transformation Politics and Economicscore
- Cities and Communities
- Energy Flows in Buildings \x96 Part Aoptional 15-20th February 2016
- Energy Provisionoptional14-19th March 2016
- Energy Flows in Buildings \x96 Part Boptional11-16th April 2016
- Sustainable Materials in the Built Environmentoptional9-14th May 2016
- Transformation Planning Applied Project or Transformation Planning Practice Based Project
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Bachelor\'s degree.
- Students who do not possess formal qualifications but who can demonstrate that they have gained appropriate knowledge and skills equivalent to degree standard and that they will benefit from and contribute to the programme, may be accepted. Students may be admitted with advanced standing through the recognition of credit or the accreditation of experiential or certificated learning according to the University of East London Accreditation of (Experiential) Learning (A(E)L) policy.
- A student may gain admission to a programme, with advanced standing, with up to half of the credits associated with the award being achieved through accredited experiential learning, or up two thirds through accredited masters certificated learning. (Where a combination of experiential and certificated learning is involved up to one half of the credits for the award may be achieved through accredited experiential learning with further credits being achieved through accredited certificated learning up to a maximum of two thirds of the credits for the award).
- Students that apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.
- The University and CAT are strongly committed to widening participation and equal opportunity for all.
- In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required.
English Proficiency: IELTS 6 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
GBP 6,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 5,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Tuition fees: GBP 6,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 5,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
IELTS requirement: 6
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact Centre for Alternative Technology directly for scholarship, grant, and financial aid information for this programme. Many European universities offer merit-based and need-based funding for international and domestic students.
About Centre for Alternative Technology
Centre for Alternative Technology
Powys, Wales
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is a charity and eco-centre in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no...
University Profile- Start Date September 2024
- Language English
- Duration 18 months