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I'M AN ORIGINAL CATCHPHRASE

Master of Digital Urban Management

Course Structure

The curriculum encompasses 69 credits, including 36 credits of six core courses, 18 credits of three elective courses, and a 15-credit dissertation or capstone project. Students can choose three electives to specialize in either of the two streams: Urban Policy and Management or Urban Technology and Analytics. Choosing three elective courses from the same category will form a specialism of the curriculum.

Core Courses (Compulsory)

  • Management of Urban Systems

  • Urban Economics

  • Municipal Finance for Urban Practitioners

  • Urban Sustainability and ESG

  • Digital Technologies and Smart Cities

  • Urban Governance and Policymaking in the Digital Age

Elective Courses

Urban Policy and Management Specialism:

  • Urban Development Theories

  • Planning Practice, Law and Ethics in Hong Kong

  • Planning, Managing and Financing the Development Process

  • Transport Policy and Planning

  • Transport Economics

  • International Planning Policy and Practice

  • Planning Future Cities and Regions

  • Principles of Healthy Cities

  • Smart and Sustainable Cities

Urban Technology and Analytics Specialism:

  • Urban Big Data Analytics

  • Spatial Mobilities Analytics

  • Science of Cities

  • Geographical Information System (GIS) for Urban and Regional Planning Development

  • Spatial Planning Analytics

  • Artificial Intelligence for Future Cities

  • Programming and Foundations in Urban Data Analysis

  • Transport Network Analysis and Modelling

  • Health Impact Assessment of Urban Development Projects

Capstone Experience

  • Dissertation

  • Capstone Project

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