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The application period for the current round of admissions is now closed. The deadline for the next round of admissions (for the academic term beginning in September 2010) is 15 January 2010.
Applicants to the Urban Design options are expected to meet the general requirements of the program to which they are applying, as outlined here for the Architecture stream and here for the Urban Planning stream.
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Applications are now invited to study Urban Design for the academic session beginning in September 2010. Students can specialise in this growing field of practice through one of two options: the professionally accredited Master of Urban Planning (M.U.P.) degree or the post-professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) degree.
The Urban Design program at McGill offers graduate-level (second-cycle) education from an institution that is recognised and acclaimed throughout Quebec, across North America, and overseas. Our Urban Design options are offered jointly by the School of Architecture and School of Urban Planning, reflecting a longstanding collaboration between the two Schools, which are housed in McGill's stately Macdonald-Harrington Building, built in the mid-1890s.
The Macdonald-Harrington Building, home of the McGill Urban Design program.
The Urban Design program at McGill sits in the heart of Montreal, a city-region centred on a 500km2 island in the St. Lawrence River. This metropolis of almost four million is one of North America's most cosmopolitan, with a vibrant public realm and a richly diverse built environment, ranging from the 17th-century urban form of Vieux-Montréal to sprawling contemporary 'edge cities' on the north and south shores of the St. Lawrence River. Montreal is also a cultural crossroads for dozens of cultures which greatly enrich its bilingual French/English heritage.
We use the city and region of Montreal as our laboratory, benefiting from the support of the municipal administration and its professional staff. Knowledge of French is useful in this bilingual context, but it is not a requirement of the McGill programs; all courses and studio projects are conducted in English, although students can submit their work in either English or French.
McGill's Urban Design specialist options will help prepare accredited professionals of the built environment—such as Architects, Landscape Architects, Urban Planners and Civil Engineers—to work in this burgeoning area of practice and research.
Find out more about Urban Design at McGill by exploring this website!
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