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The Bartlett Development Planning Unit is dedicated to socially just and sustainable development in the Global South. Equip yourself with a powerful skill set to design and drive innovative, inclusive strategies for transformative international development and urban planning.

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Building and Urban Design in Development MSc

This degree combines cultural, social, economic, political and spatial analysis to give a holistic response to growing complexities in the design and production of urban form.

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Development Administration and Planning MSc

Examine how policy, programme and community-level interventions can be employed to promote social justice and address key development challenges.

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Environment and Sustainable Development MSc

Gain the theoretical and practical skills to promote environmental justice in the context of the Global South.

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Health in Urban Development MSc

Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on the interrelationships between formal and informal urban contexts, health disparities, social justice and development planning in the Global South. 

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Social Development Practice MSc

This degree takes a critical approach to ‘people-centred’ development, addressing the challenges for promoting well-being and equitable citizenship in the context of social diversity and globalisation.

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Urban Development Planning MSc

Learn the analytical and practical tools for socially and spatially just urban development planning and confront the contemporary challenges in cities and urban areas in the Global South. 

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Urban Economic Development MSc

Develop knowledge and critical thinking about the challenges of achieving equitable, prosperous and sustainable cities, and putting knowledge into practice by engaging in field work in London and a city of the Global South.

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Development Planning MPhil/PhD

Our MPhil and PhD research programmes involves self-selected academic study in development, focusing on its political, economic, social and institutional dimensions.