Master’s Degree in Urban Management
This course aims to familiarize and educate students on managing urban issues from national and regional levels to local and micro levels. This field deals with the dimensions of sustainable development of the country and issues related to enhancing the resilience of cities and the daily lives of people.
The goal of this field is to create a comprehensive and strategic perspective on urban development policies, programs, and plans, and to formulate integrated economic, social, cultural, and environmental goals. Urban management serves as a link between government sectors, public institutions, and the private sector.
According to higher education regulations, this field has the following objectives to achieve sustainable development and respond to urban development challenges and solve the complex problems of today’s cities:
- How to improve the urban environment
- Superior decision-making methods regarding the urban environment
- Methods for implementing environmental strategies and urban management
- Increasing managerial capacity for planning and managing cities
- Effective methods for utilizing existing resources for sustainable urban management
Graduates of this field, by familiarizing themselves with the principles and foundations of urban management and sustainable development standards, as well as acquiring the necessary skills regarding urban management subsystems, will be able to establish a suitable link between urban planning and urban management with sustainable development and provide more effective methods for solving today’s urban problems through planning.
Courses
Courses and Skills
The roles and capabilities of graduates from this field include:
- Evaluation of urban development programs
- Strategic planning in urban management
- Management of urban projects
- Familiarity with urban laws and regulations
- Financial, administrative, and resource management in cities
- Familiarity with methods and techniques of urban management
- Management of urban transportation and traffic
- Urban renewal and redevelopment management
- Management of urban services
- Management of physical development of cities
- Sustainable urban development management
- Urban waste management
- Management of green spaces and urban landscapes
- Familiarity with the application of GIS systems in urban management
- Development and enhancement of urban resilience
- Management of smart cities
- Other topics related to urban management
Graduates of this field, in addition to providing urban management services as independent consultants or contractors in the private sector, can collaborate with all ministries, especially the Ministry of Interior, governorates, municipalities, and the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
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