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Joint degree bringing together a multidisciplinary team of engineering students in Amsterdam

The master’s Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MSc MADE) is an interdisciplinary master’s programme of both Wageningen University & Research and Delft University of Technology that focuses on sustainable development. Students who successfully finish this programme, will receive a joint degree from both universities. This two-years Master mainly takes place at AMS Institute in Amsterdam.

AMS institute focuses on Research, Valorisation and Education on Metropolitan Solutions in the fields of Smart Urban Mobility, Urban Energy, Circularity in Urban Regions, Metropolitan Food Systems, Urban Data and Intelligence and Climate Resilient Cities. In the MSc MADE programme students will tackle particularly complex problems deriving from the aforementioned fields.

This overview gives you an idea about some relevant Bachelor Programmes at TU Delft and Wageningen University which give access to MSc MADE. This is not a complete list.

The city of Amsterdam.

The Marine terrain, the location of AMS Institute, close to Amsterdam Central Station, Nemo Science Museum and the Maritime Museum.

AMS Institute building

the urban engineer in the 21st century

Our students! You will work together in multidisciplinary student teams to reflect and work on solutions to questions like: How to keep our metropoles connected? How to aim for the circular city? And, how to safeguard its vitality?

Year 2 (cohort 2018)

Other31%

Landscape Architecture5% Industrial Design

8%

Future Planet Studies13%

Architecture21%

Civil Engineering23%

Liberal Arts and Sciences Local Government and Regional Policy Natural and Social Sciences Science in Engineering Sustainable Innovation Technical Policy and Management Urbanism Environmental Design Environmental Policy and Economics International Land and Water Management International Relations Water Management

Which backgrounds do ourstudents have?

The Bachelors our students obtained before they entered MSc MADE.

MSc MADE programme

The MADE programme trains students to identify and analyze contemporary metropolitan challenges and create innovative and sustainable solutions. Over the course of two years, students are provided with thorough training in academic skills and project work. The MSc MADE is connected to the inter-and transdisciplinary research portfolio of the two partner universities, AMS Institute, and industrial and societal partners. 

First year

Metropolitan Challenges

Metropolitan Innovators

Entrepreneurial Thinking & Skills

Metropolitan Data 1 & 2

Metropolitan Solutions

In the first year students focus on three core themes to acquire the competencies to solve metropolitan problems. In the course Metropolitan Challenges students are introduced to various typologies of metropoles around the world. The course Metropolitan Innovators is more about discussing and integrating the methodological and conceptual approaches to engage with metropolitan problems and potential solutions. The Entrepreneurial courses focus on awareness of what it takes to engage in entrepreneurial projects and ventures. Students will also be supported in developing implementation strategies for their metropolitan challenges. In the Data courses students learn to analyze Big Data and connect it to geographical data. In the last course of the year (Metropolitan Solutions) students bring all their learning experiences together and develop a consultancy or project plan, including a plan for analysis, to tackle a metropolitan challenge. Electives allow for self-designed tracks in Wageningen and Delft University of Technology to facilitate specialization. 

MSc MADE programme

In the second year, the living lab course supports co-operation with public or private partners in the Amsterdam metropolitan region. The thesis course supports advanced theoretical understanding of metropolitan complexities, and of related methods needed to substantiate innovative socio-technical solutions. 

Living lab as learning environment

In the Living Lab course, students work on authentic challenges in a real-life context in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region. They work closely together with different stakeholders (see picture) in co-creating innovative products to tackle the challenges. As part of this course, students organize an Exhibition to present their products and a Masterclass to share their insights and experiences gained during their living lab process.

Aimed at increasing urban sustainability

Aimed at learning for replication

Co-creation takes place

Iterative process

Real-life use context

Aimed at innovation

what happens in a student living lab?

Public actors, Private actors, Knowledge institutes and users participate

An overview of the different components that play a role in working effectively in a Living Lab

Examples of Living Lab cases and the location of their respective case owners in the Amsterdam Area.

One of the Living Lab teams working in their case owner's makerspace.

Detail of part of the Exhibition set-up of one of the Living Lab teams.

A student showing his living set-up to his mother.

Close-up of a co-creation session of one of the Living Lab groups, at the beginning of their design process.

The co-creation process leads to the design and construction of a lamp post, made of recycled wood.

The lamp post was used on a festival and will also be used after that to light up the dark terrain.

Proud!

The project was picked up by the press and lead to an article in a national newspaper.

research/academic

business/entrepreneur public policy/consultancy

Professional profiles

As a Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering graduate you will be both an expert and an integrator. You will be for instance a boundary spanner at a firm or a government, a pioneering researcher aiming for a PhD, or an innovator ready to start your own business. During the programme, the Professional Profile course will prepare you for your future career.

Wageningen University & Research | Delft University of TechnologyMSc Metropolitan Analysis, Design & Engineering

For all details, complete requirements, deadlines and contact information: www.wur.eu/made

are you

an metropolitan analyst, designer, engineer

interdisciplinary thinker and entrepreneurial

cross-over innovator, boundary spanner

group person and pioneer

To get admitted to MSc MADE, you have to follow the edX MOOC Sustainable Urban Development which will result in a certificate.

mmd.msc@wur.nl

MSc Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MSc MADE)

Submit your complete application before: 1 May 2020 (non-EU/non-EFTA students) 1 July 2020 (NL/EU/EFTA students) in order to be included in this procedure.

Please visit the web-page for all details, complete requirements, deadlines and contact information: www.wur.eu/apply MSc MADE Study Advisor: mmd.msc@wur.nl