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Master's degree in Urban Planning and Development - Sustainable Urban Planning and Territorial Projects - Continuing education

  • Initial training - Continuing education
  • 1 year
  • Aix-en-Provence
  • AIMS

    The TPSPT course trains urban planning and development professionals whose role is to participate, on behalf of public contracting authorities, in the design, implementation and management of urban planning and spatial development projects.

    The TPSPT course trains urban planning and development professionals whose role is to participate, on behalf of public contracting authorities, in the design, implementation and management of urban planning and spatial development projects.

    The TPSPT course trains urban planning and development professionals whose role is to participate, on behalf of public contracting authorities, in the design, implementation and management of urban planning and spatial development projects

    It aims to compare all the issues involved in planning and the construction of regional projects with the approaches and requirements for integrating the many dimensions of social and regional change. To this end, it aims to provide a general culture in the field of urban and spatial studies, to give students a command of the tools and procedures needed to implement a project, and to train them in communication skills (written, oral and graphic)

  • TARGETED STUDENTS

    Students from multiple disciplinary backgrounds / professionals returning to study

  • ADMISSION CONDITIONS

    This master's degree is aimed at people returning to education after entering the workforce or those wishing to acquire/update knowledge and skills designed to promote professional advancement.

    Entrance is conditional on obtaining a 1st year master's degree in geography, planning, management and economics;nagement, economics, sociology, history or any other BAC+4 diploma, architect, engineer, engineer, etc.

    Validation of professional experience and prior learning may be taken into account to allow the admission of candidates who do not hold a diploma at BAC+4 level, provided that the professional experience has been related to the city and its territories for at least six years.

    Admission is granted after an interview.

  • FUNDAMENTAL PREREQUISITES

    The student must have an M1 in urban planning or any other compatible M1 after examining the equivalence of the courses.

  • FUNDAMENTAL PREREQUISITES

    It is recommended that you have followed courses on the dynamics of cities and territories and the challenges of sustainable development; that you have a good command of cartographic tools; that you have experience of territorial diagnosis.

  • STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION

    The training is given every Friday, from 9am to 8pm.

  • LEARNING SITES

    • FDSP, Marseille
  • LEARNING AND RESEARCH

    The course is based on the work and expertise developed over many years by the teacher-researchers at LIEU (the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Environnement Urbanisme). Students receive training in research as part of a compulsory dissertation at the end of their studies.

  • PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO BE ACQUIRED

    The skills acquired by students on the TPSPT course concern:

    •  the analysis and understanding of social changes, new transition issues and new development and planning concepts ;

    • the ability to design, implement and manage urban planning and spatial development projects ;

    • mastery of the culture, methods and tools required for professional practice ;

    • mastery of the codes of communication (written, oral, graphic).

  • INTERNSHIPS AND SUPERVISED PROJECTS

    A supervised project workshop is conducted throughout the year.

    A work placement is compulsory for jobseekers.

  • LEARNING COURSES LIST

Head of the course