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Norman Foster Institute Graduate Programme on Sustainable Cities
Norman Foster Institute

Graduate Programme on Sustainable Cities

Madrid, Spain

1 Years

English

Full time

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Jan 2025

EUR 52,000 / per course

On-Campus

Introduction

The future of our society is the future of our cities—they are our greatest invention.

This institute, in a time of climate change, is addressed to those who wish, through practice or education, to improve the quality of life in cities worldwide. In that spirit, the course will combine practical on-site experience with academic input from the foundation’s network of international experts.

The course begins with tools and skills that can be used to address wide-ranging issues of cities, such as leadership, advocacy, communication, presentation, diagramming, mapping, and the understanding and interpretation of data. These could be applicable to cities from Asia, the Middle East, South and North America to Africa, Europe and Oceania as well as informal settlements and suburbia.

The curriculum then narrows down to three pilot cities that scholars will visit to engage directly with their planners and managers. For study purposes, neighborhoods have been selected in each city to raise awareness of the issues that affect the living standards for those who live or visit there.

Several of these many issues will be distilled to create a small number of well-defined project assignments which will be addressed by the scholars in a multidisciplinary approach. The scholars will use the most up-to-date digital tools in the quest to improve a sustainable quality of life.

Towards the end of the year, the scholars will present their findings to the city administration and there will be an emphasis on advocacy and presentation skills. On the basis that historically cities learn from each other, it will be important for the scholars to explore the relevance of their conclusions in the wider context of global cities.

The course is like an hourglass; starting wide in its scope, then narrowing down to focus on tangible issues that can be quantified and addressed, and finally, opening up to a wider debate.

Norman Foster
President, Norman Foster Foundation

Program Features

Learning

Scholars will train with advanced tools that are applicable to diverse types of global cities.

Network

Scholars will be introduced to the Norman Foster Foundation’s network of experts, practitioners, civic leaders and Alumni.

On-site Experience

During the first year, scholars will focus and work on three European cities. They will engage directly with city leaders, administrators and communities. Future editions of the programme will dive into pilot case studies in Africa, Asia, North and South America and Oceania.

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Program Admission Requirements

Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.

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