MSc Urban Design and International Planning

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £14,900
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £32,000

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

We know that student finance can be complicated. The links below provide further information to help guide you.

• Learn more about - student finance options for UK students .
• Learn more about - fees and finance for international students .
• Graduates of The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University can receive a 10% discount on their master's degree tuition fees as part of our Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount scheme.

This yearlong unit aims to provide urban design students with the necessary software and technical skills required to complete design studio assignments and practice applied professional urban design. Students will engage with a range of design software including Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch-Up, and Auto-CAD. The workshops also provide hand drawing skills, both urban sketching and technical.

• Developing urban design graphical skills
• Developing skills in design software
• Developing skills in technical drawing and urban hand-sketching
• Developing visualisation and communication skills in design
• Preparing students for core credited studio based modules
• To assist students in preparing an urban design portfolio
   

Semester 1 – Urban Design basic analysis techniques: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator; urban sketching; and Adobe InDesign publishing software for visualising at A1.

Semester 2 – Urban design proposal stages: Introducing Adobe Photoshop; Sketch-Up; 3D physical modelling; AutoCAD; technical drawing; and developing an urban design portfolio

• Understand range of design techniques and illustrative presentations
• To develop visual styles 

• Communicating urban design analysis and proposals at A1
• Ability to create design graphic narratives

• Design software – Adobe Creative Suite; Sketch-Up; AutoCAD
• Urban Sketching
• Technical Drawing for Urban Design

• Visualization techniques
• Development of urban design portfolio
   

Non-credited module – No assignments
The unit is studio based and has weekly formative feedback opportunities.

Non-credited module – No assignments
The unit is studio based and has weekly formative feedback opportunities.