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UPF Barcelona School of Management

Master in URBAN MANAGEMENT

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Effort and determination. Competence and reliability. Pompeu Fabra University was born out of the combination of these qualities just 25 years ago.

It is an institution based on motivation, change, hard work and clear-cut objectives. Using a new model, it sets examples to follow both here in Europe and in the rest of the world. Its high rates of student satisfaction, success and graduate employability speak for themselves.

Pompeu Fabra University has its own philosophy. A unique methodology, a strong teaching staff and a clear vocation for international research.

At UPF, teaching is of the highest quality: placing students at the core. This is backed up by the top international rankings.

{01}THE UNIVERSITY Quality, innovation and internationalization

> 12th best university in the world under 50 years old 2015 Times Higher Education Ranking

> Top 10 among Europe's best universities 2015 U-Multirank

> In the top 400 universities 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities

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UPF BARCELONA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTChallenging the status quoUPF Barcelona School of Management is Pompeu Fabra University’s management school.

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We look for students who set challenges. Who provide ground-breaking solutions and who want to be the protagonists of their learning process.

We learn by doing. Our methodology combines an analytical approach, creative solutions and human values. With hands-on training, at our school experience is the springboard for observation, reflection and action.

We make an impact on managerial practice. Our mission is to provide the market with brave, passionate, innovative managers that will transform society by challenging the norms with science and social awareness.

Welcome to UPF Barcelona School of Management!

Evidence-based managementWe love to strip down the complexities of businesses to make them understandable. We teach how to take decisions based on data analysis. We believe in applying scientific principles to management.

Constant challengeWe encourage comprehensive, open-minded and challenging thought. Comprehensive, because it is based on an interdisciplinary, three-dimensional outlook. Open-minded and challenging, because we are obsessed with cross-questioning; we go against the norms and challenge things from a critical stance.

Social commitment We are convinced that social sciences and the humanities lead us to the answers to the world’s big questions. We promote the principles of corporate responsibility, sustainability and diversity as the key to understand management. We defend committed business management as a way of transmitting social values.

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Did you know that India wants to develop 100 new Smart Cities in the next three years? How will European cities look like in the next 20 years to serve the needs of a growing ageing society?

The Master in Urban Management breaks down such challenges and trains innovative professionals who will transform the cities of the future.

Taught 100% in English, the course is centred on a practical methodology. As such, it works with real-world urban challenges facing the most pressing issues of current urban transformation.

From the very start of the program, students propose innovative solutions to the challenges set. Lecturers and students from different academic and professional backgrounds serve to create a diverse, multidisciplinary and multicultural class environment.

Why choose the Master in Urban Management?

Because it is held in Barcelona —the First Global Smart City (2015 Juniper’s Smart City Ranking).

Because it works with innovative urban projects at the forefront of city transformation and strategic urbanism.

Becaues it counts on the participation of international professors of practice from leading industries and organizations.

Because of its multidisciplinary focus: it embraces economists, architects, engineers, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists, information technology and designers, among others.

Because of its highly international nature: the mix of local and international students and faculty ensures that the skills acquired can be transferred to any city in the world.

Who is it for?

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Course type Master’s degree

Classes October to June (9 months)

Dedication Full time

Language English

Credits 60 ECTS

Location Barcelona

Tuition fees 12.500 €

Master in Urban

Management key facts

Training multidisciplinary professionalsFinding solutions to the urban challenges set in class requires the collaboration of professionals from diverse areas. The Master in Urban Management is designed to go further than just creating multidisciplinary teams: it aims to train professionals who understand and integrate concepts from the distinct disciplines involved.

MASTER IN URBAN MANAGEMENTTraining new urban leaders for the 21st century

- Engineering - Architecture - Social Sciences - Creative Design - ICT - ...

Entrepreneurial spirits

aiming to launch innovative start-ups to address new urban challenges.

Junior professionals

With an interest in the future transformation of the city.

City officials and managers

Who wish to update their understanding of the city.

Recent graduates

From multidisciplinary backgrounds.

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Course contents

Design Studio Barcelona Lab

Specialization Courses Core Courses

The Master in Urban Management includes a "design studio" experience in form of a real-world urban project. The projects are not only the end result of the students’ learning process but also the base on which their training is formed and personalized.

What is a City?

Urban theory and planning: contemporary concepts

The urban world: academic cultural traditions

Future cities and urban transformation

Urban Economics, Finance and Policy Making

City economy: operating dynamics

Urban productivity and competitiveness

Public economics and public policy management

Political Foundations of Urban and Metropolitan Governance

City politics: institutions, agencies and key players

Urban regulation and the law in local government, urban management and planning

Smart Cities, Technology for Social Progress

Smart Cities and Big Data

ICT and the city

Programming, spatial data capture and urban analysis

Theory and context of urban systems

Professional Skills Development

Cooperation

Leadership

Personal branding

Personal communication

City Branding, Marketing and Communication in the Urban Context

Urban Environmental Policy and Management

Innovation in Cities, Technology and Applications

Urban data, cartography and visualization

Cultural Industries, the Symbolic Economy of Cities

Urban tourism and city international positioning

Open Government, Citizen Involvement and Resilience

Planning and Infrastructure in large metropolis

Housing and Real Estate in the Contemporary City

Architectural Design and Urban Narratives

First hand knowledge of Barcelona's current urban transformation Attendance to local seminars, expos and conferences Urban project trips and study tours

Specialization courses will be

offered based on the projects proposed by

students in class

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Mentor The lecturer who supports the student in the project-writing process and pushes them to think and explore new paths. Mentors help the student to identify key businesses and contacts that can enrich their project.

One system, three core figuresThe Master in Urban Management applies a project-based learning where mentor, tutor and students are the key stakeholders. Throughout the program they regulary interact to guarantee the success of the student's project.

Tutor Professors of practice in the areas of design planning, infrastructure, housing, environment, ICT systems and telecommunications. They provide information, references and spaces to make the students’ projects sound, industry-accurate and visible.

StudentYoung professionals from around the world, with a strong desire to apply their diverse academic backgrounds to the management of modern, intelligent and innovative cities.

Core faculty Pompeu Fabra University Antoni Luna, PhD Department of Humanities

David Sancho, PhD Department of Political and Social Sciences

José Fernández Cavia, PhD Department of Communication

José García Montalvo, PhD Department of Economics and Business

Mireia Boya Aran, PhD Department of Humanities

Other Teaching Staff and professors of practice Albert Civit

Executive Director INCASOL

Andrés Martínez, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier

Antoni Vives CEO CTA Barcelona, former Deputy Mayor Barcelona City Councill

Eduard Martin Director of Innovation, Knowledge Society and ICT Architectures Barcelona City Council

Fabià Díaz Cortés, PhD Expert in Activism

Jaume Garau, PhD Associate Director Regio Plus Consulting

Joan Llort Former Director of Urban Planning at the Government of Catalonia

Robert Rallo, PhD Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics

Salvador Estapé, PhD Director of Institutional Relations Anticipa Real Estate

A think tank committed to radically improve city lifeBarcelona CIRCLES (Centre for Innovation and Research in Cities, Local Economy and Society) is an independent organization shaped in the form of a think tank, committed to advance knowledge, research and innovation to achieve a better future for our cities, more democratic, fairer, educated, human and more open and connected to the world.

Made up of professional urbanists, architects, geographers, economists, sociologists and engineers, Barcelona CIRCLES aims to identify the pressing and complex urban questions of today. We are passionate about the capabilities of technology to improve city life, to transform public and domestic space and to add social value to the city.

www.bcncircles.com

Barcelona CIRCLES Manel Sanromà, PhD President

Joan Anton Sánchez, PhD Executive Director

Maria Sisternas Architect and Deputy CEO at CTA Barcelona

Oriol Molas Sociologist, founder and owner at GAPS

Project

Students define a group project and work on it throughout the year. The project must provide

solutions to a real-world urban challenge and its outcome must reflect

the knowledge acquired and the academic contents learned by the

students during the course.

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An opportunity for companiesThrough the presented projects, businesses and organizations will have the chance to identify student talent, both local and international. The projects proposed by the students represent an innovative, engaging option for companies to invest.

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The Master in Urban Management works with real-world urban challenges. Students need to solve them through professional projects developed in multidisciplinary teams.

River and waterfront revitalization

Nature and the city

Culture industry and urban transformation

Urban and social innovation

People-centered urbanism

City, park and infrastructure integration

Future city envisioning

Project examples

Use Big Data to discover new urban trends and propose appropriate policy.

Propose Smart City solutions and apps to solve urban problems from a social perspective.

Define KPI targets for city assessment to evaluate the impact of urban transformation.

Design on-line community tools to improve citizen involvement in unexpected sectors of interest.

Propose energy self-sufficiency regulations for new urban developments and retrofittings.

Use Big Data to evaluate the impact on housing prices after neighborhood renewal.

Identify the role of the media in shaping public opinion on urban projects.

Design a program to engage citizens in the definition of public space, heritage preservation and urban identity.

Draw an urban and political agenda to face the transition of cities towards an ageing society.

Identify future challenges in youth employment and anticipate solutions at the urban level.

THE PROJECTSDesign Studio

Advisory Committee Abha Joshi-Ghani, Director of Knowledge and Learning World Bank

Rick Bell, Department of Design and Construction NYC

Vishaan Chakrabarti, Architect and Founder of PAU

Bjarke Ingels, Architect and Founder of BIG

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B forBusiness

B for Barcelona

B forBe welcome

Living, working or studying in Barcelona is not like living, working or studying anywhere else in the world. Barcelona is a very special place. A spontaneous city, open to whatever comes. To whoever comes. Where living well are not just two words but a philosophy of life. A capital that’s 100% Mediterranean. With its long beaches and mild climate. Where culture, art and wisdom are all around. On every street corner. Where what’s old does not crumble but is protected, pampered. Where the most Roman, most medieval and most art nouveau rub shoulders with the most modern and avant-garde. Which adores what’s new, change. Looking to the north, south, east and west

An ideal meeting place. Where doing business is a tradition. A pleasure. A magnet drawing talent, a source of inspiration, thought and ideas. Here in this exceptional city you can find UPF Barcelona School of Management. Right in the very centre, in the Eixample district. Right there where business is at its most hyperactive. A place that’s become a benchmark. Conceived for thinking, researching, sharing and moving forward.

multidisciplinary approaches

state-of-the-art technologies

big data breakdown

global context

innovation & future

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Tel. +34 93 547 81 82info@bsm.upf.edu

www.barcelonaschoolofmanagement.upf.edu

Program Advisor Aina Poch aina.poch@bsm.upf.edu 93 542 27 76

Academic Director Antoni Luna García antoni.luna@bsm.upf.edu

Co-Directors Maria Sisternas maria.sisternas@bcncircles.com

Joan Anton Sanchez joan-anton.sanchez@bcncircles.com

UPF Barcelona School of Management Balmes 132-134 08008 Barcelona 93 547 81 82