Urban Design

The Urban Design course at Liverpool John Moores University program is nourished by Liverpool School of Art and Design’s burgeoning research in Urbanism and close association with the University's European Institute for Urban Affairs.

The curriculum has creative place-making at its core and we welcome applicants from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds such as architecture, planning, landscape architecture, art and spatial design.

Career

As a graduate of this program, a number of career paths will be open to you. Most aligned with your formal education is the practice of urban design work in specialist agencies or public sector bodies. These roles consider how structures and systems function within existing landscapes and how they can be manipulated to offer the best living and working solutions.

Many graduates have successfully secured employment at world-class practices throughout the UK and further afield, while others have remained inLiverpool contributing to its evolution by taking key roles in leading practices that have reshaped the city over the last decade.

For those interested in taking their learning to the next level, this program also offers the opportunity to progress to PhD study and embark on a career teaching Urban Design.

Courses include:

• Final Major Project - Urban Design
• Sustainable Urban Design: the evaluation and reflective development of sustainable communities
• Urban Design 1: Creative urbanism and regeneration within an analytical and theoretical context
• Practice and Legislation: Understanding the designer's role in the contemporary built environment
• Theory and Research 1: theoretical studies and research methods