Prosperity and development depend on how people experience the places they live and how societies respond to inequality, environmental pressures and climate challenges. At the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, our master’s degrees help you understand these issues and explore practical approaches to building fairer, healthier and more sustainable communities.
You study how social, economic and environmental factors shape development, and how policy, community partnerships and design-led strategies can support more resilient futures. You develop skills in research, engagement, economic and social analysis, sustainability practice and development planning.
Graduates go on to roles in international development, social justice, economic development, community planning and sustainability, working with organisations committed to inclusive and sustainable futures.
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Global Prosperity
Global Prosperity MSc
Prosperity Innovation and Entrepreneurship MSc
Prosperity, People and Planet MSc
Development Planning
Development Administration and Planning MSc
Environment and Sustainable Development MSc
Health in Urban Development MSc
Social Development Practice MSc
Urban Development Planning MSc
Urban Economic Development MSc
Building and Urban Design in Development MSc
Sustainable Resources
Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy and Transitions MSc
Urban Studies
Global Urbanism MASc
Construction
Design and Management for Sustainable Education MSc
Why study at The Bartlett
- Learn from specialists in global development, sustainability and economic transitions
- Learning grounded in real challenges – through community partnerships, sustainability projects, fieldwork and policy analysis
- Wide professional networks – with industry links informing teaching across international development, social innovation, climate and resource policy, NGOs and public bodies
- London as your base – one of the world’s most diverse cities and a centre for community-led research and social innovation. London is also the best student city in the UK and Europe (QS Best Student Cities 2026)