12 Full-time Short courses in Urban Planning

In this The Circular City - Towards a Sustainable Urban Ecosystem from University of Amsterdam, students are taught how to leverage the potential of cities via a new paradigm for urban planning and design: urban metabolism.

International Course on Sustainable Urban Development at Erasmus University Rotterdam gives you the opportunity to merge an academic specialisation course with a multidisciplinary project where you apply theory into practice.

Urbanisation is one of the most crucial processes of change in the world today. It is also one of the most hotly debated topics across the social sciences. London School of Economics and Political Science offers the An Urbanising World - Cities, Capitalism and the Environment programme.

In this three-week Urban Studies - Planning and Living in Cities from University of Amsterdam students will explore the fundamental issues that are shaping the development and evolution of cities in the 21st century. 

A comprehensive and unique course, comprising training workshops in three levels, using LEGO® Serious Play. Birmingham City University offers the Co-Developing a Real Smart City - Planning for Future of Living programme.

The Contemporary Urban Theory, Advanced Course by KTH Royal Institute of Technology deals with urban theory in the sense of different ways of understanding cities – the forces shaping cities, the physical patterns in the urban landscape and the consequences on life and planning.

The Creative Terrain course from UCL offers an immersive and hands-on learning experience for those interested in Landscape Architecture programmes at The Bartlett.

The Fundamentals for Smart Cities summer course from CBS International Business School combines academic learning with intercultural exchange and hands-on experiences.

The Behavior and Computation - Imagining Future Urban Mobility course offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sharply focuses on two forces driving the future of urban mobility: behavior and computation.

This Street Network Planning and Design course can count towards the MSc Transport Engineering and Planning at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England).

Urban Management Tools for Climate Change (UMTCC) shares extensive knowledge of climate change adaptation, resilience, and low-carbon development through lectures, case studies, group discussions, games, and field visits, all at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. 

The Graphic Skills for Urban Studies course from UCL Summer School combines the value of traditional free-hand sketching and technical drawing techniques with digitally enhanced images, exploring diversity in the contemporary information e-rich environment.