Master’s degree · Adjacent subject: Urban design
Master of Urban Design
The University of British Columbia · School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Official award
- Master of Urban DesignMUD
- Pathway
- Post-professionalStated for Canada
- Format
- On campus11 months
- Tuition
- Not published
Adjacent subject
About this program
Eleven-month urban design master's for holders of a professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture or planning.
- Subject
- Urban design
- Department
- School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Entry requirements differ widely: some accept graduates of any subject, others require a prior architecture degree.
- Pathway
- Post-professional / specialistA specialist or advanced master’s that builds on a professional degree or does not by itself lead to registration.
- Why we classify it this way
- The school's graduate listing calls it post-professional and admission requires a professional degree.“a post-professional program for future planners”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior professional architecture degree | 11 months (45 credits) | 45 | professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or planningSource |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 11 months
- Credits
- 45 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- UBC Vancouver402–6333 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requiredPDF of at most 20 letter-sized pages, under 10MB
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or planning
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous architecture degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)