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MA - Master of Arts
Royal College of Art- Kensington Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
The MA City Design at the RCA embraces an interdisciplinary, justice oriented studio-based approach to rethinking the future of cities, blending architectural, ‑social science‑ and scientific research. You explore urban design principles, planning, policy and digital tools from immersive visualisation and animation to collaborative knowledge production. Through critical engagement and technical experimentation, you learn to design for environmental and spatial justice and to negotiate between multiple city-makers, including NGOs, government and communities.
3.5Ranked for 12 consecutive years (2015-2026) as the world's number 1 art & design university, the Royal College of Art (R...
