Shape urban futures
Our Global Urbanism MASc is the first urban master’s degree to radically cut across arts, humanities, social sciences and technology studies, so you can specialise in urbanism as a challenge-driven and practice-oriented transdisciplinary field.
As a student you will study in a purpose-designed environment for transdisciplinary urban research at UCL East, in east London – an area that has undergone huge and rapid change since the 1980s and is unrivalled in the opportunity it offers to study the dynamics of urbanisation. You will engage with living laboratories in London or an international partner city on our Global Studio or London Studio pathways, building critical insight into urban challenges, and putting your theory and creativity into practice.
Are you ready to become a future urbanist? Register your interest in studying with us today to receive updates from our faculty, along with invitations to upcoming open days and taster sessions.
Ruth Glass UK Scholarship
UK students applying to the Global Urbanism MASc are eligible to apply for the Ruth Glass Scholarship, covering tuition fees for one year full-time study and a 52-week living stipend (full application details and eligibility are to be confirmed for 2025 entry).
Ruth Glass (1912-1990) is a key writer and thinker for a wide range of debates and approaches central to Urban Studies. Perhaps best known for coining the term ‘gentrification’ in 1964, her work encompassed important and often foundational contributions to urban sociology, migration studies, community planning, race relations, comparative urbanism and much more.
For updates about the scholarship, the course and our faculty, along with invitations to open days and more register your interest Global Urbanism MASc with us.
Other scholarships
In addition to the Ruth Glass Scholarship, UK applicants to the Global Urbanism MASc are eligible to apply for:
The Bartlett Promise Master's Scholarship:
- This scholarship aims to enable students from backgrounds underrepresented in The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment to pursue master's studies at The Bartlett.
- Value: Full tuition fees plus an allowance to cover living and study expenses (£15,864), for the normal duration of the course at UCL.
- Application dates: 1 March to 31 May 2025
- Full eligibility criteria and details can be found here
- This scholarship supports the ambitions of east Londoners by funding the fees and living costs of all UCL East Master's programmes.
- Value: tbc
- Key dates: tbc
- Full eligibility criteria and details to be confirmed
Register your interest
Do you want to recieve updates from our faculty, along with invitations to upcoming open days, taster sessions and more? Complete the form below to register your interest in studying with us, selecting 'Urban Studies' as your subject of interest.