Planning and Urban Development program

The first year of the master's program aims to provide students with a common foundation of knowledge and skills specific to the field of urban planning and development, as well as related tools and knowledge (mobility, energy, environment) to prepare them for the second year. The program consists of second-year courses from the School's engineering curriculum.

Benefits

• A program consisting of second-year courses from the School engineering curriculum, which prepares students for the M2 degree
• Teaching that combines theory and practice
• Excellent career prospects, with access to Urba-Ponts and the network of urban planners who are graduates of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.

Programme

The courses are divided into three main training blocks:

• Disciplinary and operational knowledge of urban issues;
• Tools and methods for analysis and project management;
• Related knowledge (energy, low-carbon mobility, biodiversity, water, economics, social sciences and humanities, etc.) 

Academic prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in urban planning, development, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, law, political science, geography, environmental engineering, administration, economics, sociology…

Career opportunities

The master's degree generally leads to immediate employment, but it is also possible to continue on to doctoral studies.

• Local authorities, public development companies and institutions
• Urban planning agencies, public and private agencies and consulting firms providing project management assistance (development, urban planning, landscaping, transportation, environment, etc.)
• Public and private companies involved in urban and regional projects with complex interfaces (transport operators, land structures, developers, landlords, promoters, etc.).

• UE/EEA/Switzerland: €4,859
• Non-UE/EEA/ Switzerland: €7,148
• engineering student from IP Paris schools: €166

At a time of ecological transition, the question of cities and territories - their dynamics, their interdependencies, their (re)development - has never been more topical. Since our lifestyles are set to undergo profound transformation, how should the places in which we live evolve? Urban planning and development are two fundamental pillars of the necessary collective sobriety, of the possibility for all of us to find a place to live, to participate in the economic life of the city, to cultivate ourselves, to blossom, to live in good health and in harmony with the biosphere.

Faced with these challenges, the Urban Planning and Project Management (AMUR) program is offering a new curriculum to equip its future students with the skills they need to understand, measure, decide and act effectively. This Master's degree (level Bac+5) aims to foster ecological innovation through territorial projects, bringing together learners from multi-disciplinary backgrounds (engineers, architects, landscape architects, geographers, lawyers, economists, political scientists, etc.) as well as researchers and professionals from the city, territories and ecological engineering, so that together they can find operational responses to urgent issues.

Objectives

The program is designed to:

• Train urban planning and project management professionals to intervene in territories at all scales
• Provide a high-level, interdisciplinary understanding of major ecological and social issues, essential to informing the actions and professional practice of future urban planners in the face of socio-ecological transitions;
• Integrate a forward-looking vision into learning about territorial projects;
• Within the framework of territorial metabolism, offer concrete ways to initiate “urban redirection”, and contribute to the transformation of territories (and particularly brownfields) at different scales.

Academic prerequisites

Master's degree or equivalent in urban planning, development, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, law, political science, geography, ecological engineering, administration, economics, sociology, etc.

Programme

The course is divided into five main training blocks:

• Disciplinary and operational knowledge of urban issues
• Initiating urban redirection
• Tools for analysis, dialogue, and project management
• Ecological knowledge (energy, low-carbon mobility, biodiversity, water, resources, etc.)
• Project practice as a project owner

Benefits

• L’accès à Urba-Ponts et au réseau des urbanistes diplômés de l’École des Ponts.
• A training program combining engineering and social science knowledge and know-how, to provide relevant solutions to complex problems;
• An active teaching approach combining master classes, urban and territorial analyses and projects, surveys, site visits, study tours, case studies, presentations, dissertations and readings;
• A multidisciplinary recruitment process and a top-notch teaching team comprising academics, researchers, engineers, architects and practitioners;
• A teaching system based on cutting-edge research carried out in reference laboratories;
• Access to Urba-Ponts and the network of urban planners who have graduated from École nationale des ponts et chaussées.

Career opportunities

Graduates are destined to exercise their skills in the fields of development and urban planning, within the following organizations:

• Local authorities, semi-public development companies, public development establishments;
• Urban planning agencies, public and private agencies and design offices providing project management assistance (development, urban planning, landscape, transport, environment, etc.);
• Public and private companies involved in urban and territorial projects with complex interfaces (transport operators, land structures, developers, lessors, promoters, etc.).

Key words

Territories, Socio-ecological transition, Complex systems, Urban sobriety, Ecological engineering, Urban project management, Public action.

• UE/EEA/Switzerland: €4,859
• Non-UE/EEA/ Switzerland: €7,148
• engineering student from IP Paris schools: €166