Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)

Master's Degree in Landscape and Urbanism

It will also be taught at the Higher Technical School of Architecture (ETSA) and a total of 30 places will be offered.

This degree will provide students with high-quality specialized training in landscape and urban planning, with innovative approaches and adapted to emerging social needs, enabling them to perform tasks related to both disciplines. The main job profiles for which the master's degree prepares are: technical head of urban planning, landscape, territorial planning, and environmental departments in public administrations; consultants in urban planning, landscape, and territorial planning; technical specialists in urban planning and landscape; project leaders in the areas of planning, territorial planning, and the environment; and independent urban and landscape planners.

Pre-registration for this degree is open until May 2, 2025.

Title description

The Master's Degree in Landscape and Urban Planning focuses its training content on an integrated vision of urban planning and landscape. This option is fully supported by the recent evolution of both disciplines, characterized by a growing confluence and fusion between the two: in today's world, there is no urban planning without landscape, nor landscape without urban planning.

Landscaping, from its traditional dimension associated with horticulture and gardening, has acquired an architectural-urban dimension, which places it within the sphere of design disciplines. Current urban planning, for its part, has integrated the landscape as a structural element in all instruments and at all scales, from the design of public space to the urban project, and from the urban project to urban and territorial planning, through the concept of Green Infrastructure.

This fusion between urban planning and landscape is also already incorporated into urban planning regulations (in the Valencian Community, the Land Use, Urban Planning and Landscape Law of 2021), as well as into the urban agendas derived from the SDGs.

Objectives of the title

- The Master's Degree in Landscape and Urban Planning is professionally oriented. Its main objective is to provide students with specialized training in urban planning and landscape, enabling them to perform tasks related to these disciplines.
- Specialized training in urban planning and landscape is especially relevant in relation to the challenges of today's world, such as those associated with the climate crisis, social inequality, economic restructuring, and the development of new technologies.
- The specialized training offered for the Master's degree is aligned with the new strategies launched at the international, state, regional, and local levels to respond to these challenges, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and the various Urban Agendas.
- The Master's program offers specialized postgraduate programs aligned with these objectives, enabling professionals to successfully address the challenges posed by cities, territories, and landscapes in today's increasingly urban society.

Mainly aimed at

The master's degree is aimed primarily at students in possession of the following undergraduate qualifications:

- Degree in Architecture / Foundations of Architecture
- Degree in Civil Engineering
- Degree in Landscape Architecture / Landscaping
- Degree in Technical Architecture
- Degree in Geomatics and Topography Engineering
- Other undergraduate degrees with sufficient urban planning and landscape content after their curriculum has been assessed by the Master's Academic Committee.

Likewise, students with Master's level qualifications corresponding to the degrees indicated may be admitted:

- Máster Universitario en Arquitectura
- Master's Degree in Civil Engineering
- Máster Universitario en Edificación