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Urban Design / MSc specialization

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MASTER’S PROGRAM – SPECIALIZATION IN CITY DESIGN

The specialization of the Department of Urban Planning and Design has the goal of giving enrolling students insight and professional skills connected to urban design, urban planning and corresponding other fields of urban activities. The complex program integrates Hungarian and international experiences and is based on the highly competent and diverse background of the Department.

the person responsible of the specialization at the Department of Urban Planning and Design:
SZABÓ, Árpád (szabo.arpad@urb.bme.hu)

in case of any questions, feel free to contact me.

For the preliminary study plan of the specialization, scroll down!

COURSES OF THE SECOND SEMESTER IN THE CITY DESIGN SPECIALIZATION

  • City Design 1 (BMEEPUIM1V1) – 2 credits – LINK – lecturer: Arpad SZABO
  • Complex (Comprehensive) Design 1 (BMEEPUIM1Kx) – 10 credits – LINK – lecturer: Arpad SZABO, Flóra PERÉNYI
  • Urban research (BMEEPUIM1V3) – 4 credits – Research topics connected to the Complex Design course – lecturer: Julianna SZABO + invited consultants
  • Environmental Design (BMEEPUIM1V2) – 4 credits – integrated with “Department Design 1” – lecturer: Gergely HORY
  • Urbanism (BMEEPUI0805) – 2 credits – integrated with “Urban development: analysis, planning, management” – lecturer: Julianna SZABO + invited lecturers
  • Sociology for Architects (course of the Department of Sociology and Communication – the exact course will be defined later) – 2 credits – lecturer: Janos Balazs KOCSIS
  • Basics of Real Estate Development (course of the Department of Construction Technology and Management – BMEEPEKM1I1) – 4 credits

Recommended elective courses of the department for students of the specialization in the spring semester (not compulsory):

  • Urban Housing (BMEEPUI0901) – 2 credits – lecturer: Melinda BENKO
  • Urban Activism / Community driven experiences in urban development (BMEEPUIQ704) – 3 credits – lecturer: Bálint Kádár
  • Urban Landscape / Garden and Landscape Design in the Perspective of Architecture (BMEEPUIQ705) – 3 credits – lecturer: Domonkos Wettstein

COURSES OF THE THIRD SEMESTER IN THE URBAN DESIGN SPECIALIZATION

  • Complex (Comprehensive) Design 2 (BMEEPUIM2Kx) – 10 credits
  • Urban Design Studio integrating two courses:
    • City Design 2 (BMEEPUIM2V1) – 6 credits (2 credits theory / 4 credits practical) – lecturer: Balint KADAR
    • Studies for Chief Architects (BMEEPUIM2V2) – 5 credits – lecturer: Kornélia KISSFAZEKAS
  • Hungarian Cities – 2 credits -integrated with “Hungarian cities: urban culture and planning” – lecturer: Kornélia KISSFAZEKAS
  • Cities of the World (part of the Urbanism block – BMEEPUI0893) – 2 credits – lecturer: Gábor SOÓKI-TÓTH
  • Digital Cities (course of the Department of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics – the exact course will be defined later) – 3 credits – György SZABÓ
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  • City Design (BMEEPUIM2V9) – GLOBAL (COMPREHENSIVE) EXAM (0 credits, but prerequisite of the final exam) – Arpad SZABO, Balint KÁDÁR

Recommended elective course of the department for students of the specialization (not compulsory):

  • Contemporary City: Urban Form and Space Usage (BMEEPUIQ701) – 3 credits – lecturer: Melinda BENKO