About the course

MA Cities creates city-making practices that foreground social and climate justice. MA Cities creates city-making practices that foreground social and climate justice. As an art and design college, Central Saint Martins is a place of intense cultural production, generating critical creative practices in complex and conflicting urban settings. Through an enquiry-led approach, MA Cities challenges the conventions of urban development, regeneration, and place-making and provides a platform for generating and implementing innovative forms of civic practice.

　　MA Cities confronts the pressing social, ethical and environmental concerns of the city and explore the value and agency of alternative practices from around the world. Students will navigate complex and dynamic scenarios using creativity and originality to address current and future city-making challenges. MA Cites understands cities, towns and other dense urban settlements as collaborative and contested spaces – created through interactions between various participants and stakeholders. The course engages in collaboration and knowledge exchange with a wide range of art, design, and architectural practices, external partners and organisations. Students will be immersed in professional contexts of public sector and urban practice through direct engagement with local governments, regeneration agencies, creative and spatial practitioners. The course also works in collaboration with world-wide partners, to ensure that the course is informed by leading international perspectives and becomes a platform for transnational exchange and expertise in creative city-making.

　　Two years (60 weeks) Extended Full Time

　　Mode of Study

　　MA Cities is offered is offered in extended full time mode which runs for 60 weeks across two academic years.

　　Students will be expected to commit 30 hours per week to study, which includes teaching time and independent study. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 2 Year(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Autumn (September), 2024	King's Cross
Autumn (September), 2025	King's Cross

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of the Arts

The standard entry requirements for students for this course are as follows:

　　An upper second-class honours degree OR

　　An equivalent EU / international qualification

　　The course aims to recruit post-experience candidates who have graduate-level qualifications and a minimum of one year work experience. The course will not normally recruit from end-on students (i.e. those progressing directly from undergraduate degrees),

　　Applicants are likely to come from disciplines such as art and design, architecture, urban studies, the humanities, social sciences, politics or economics, or from other areas of creative practice such as performance.

　　AP(E)L - Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning

　　Exceptionally applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered. The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:

　　Related academic or work experience

　　The quality of the personal statement

　　A strong academic or other professional reference

　　Or a combination of these factors.

　　Each application will be considered on its own merit but cannot guarantee an offer in each case.

　　IELTS Academic for UKVI (valid for 2 years) - Score Required(7.0), Minimum Listening(6.0), Minimum Reading(6.0), Minimum Writing(6.0), Minimum Speaking(6.0)

　　TOEFL ibt (valid for 2 years)- Score Required(100), Minimum Listening(20), Minimum Reading(20), Minimum Writing(20), Minimum Speaking(20)

　　PTE Academic UKVI (valid for 2 years) - Score Required(65), Minimum Listening(51), Minimum Reading(51), Minimum Writing(51), Minimum Speaking(51)

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 90.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of the Arts. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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