Urban Analytics

Around the world, city governments are realising the growing importance of harnessing the power of urban big data. This Urban Analytics program from University of Glasgow will provide you with the knowledge and skills to design and conduct appropriate analyses, and experience of working with cutting-edge datasets.

Key facts

• The Urban Analytics program from University of Glasgow will provide you with a critical appreciation of the potential for big data and urban analytics to inform urban planning and policy making, as well as an understanding of practical and ethical limitations.

• It offers hands-on experience of a range of statistical and GIS software, and of the use of programming tools to capture, process and analyse data.
• You will be exposed to a range of cutting-edge datasets typically encountered by urban analysts and the various challenges they present.
• You will benefit from the program’s strong connection with the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), Glasgow’s world-leading urban analytics centre of expertise.
• The program will develop your ability to convey the results of complex data analyses in ways which have impact on policy makers and public debates.
• A wide range of optional courses will provide you with the opportunity to pursue personal interests, enhancing particular skills or domain-specific knowledge such as transport studies or urban design.
• Career
• The practical knowledge and hands-on skills taught as a part of the program are applicable worldwide. You will have the chance to learn about emerging forms of urban big data and analytical skills, which will equip you with unique advantages in the global job market. Career opportunities include positions in government agencies, urban planning organisations, city governments, public health boards, retail business, real estate companies, transport and other private consulting firms, as well as non-profit organisations.

Courses include:

• Big Data and Urban Analytics

• Principles and Applications of Gis

• Programming Tools for Urban Analytics

• Quantitative Data Analysis

• Sustainable Urban Futures

• Evidence, Evaluation and Policy

• Transport Studies