Postgraduate taught degrees

Urban Studies at Glasgow is widely recognised as a world-leading centre for innovative, interdisciplinary urban research with high international impact.

In the latest Research Excellence Framework (2021) 96% of our research was evaluated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

Within the field of Urban Studies, research spans all aspects of social and urban policy, including social, economic and physical change in cities and a focus on communities, disability, governance, health, housing, inequalities, planning, welfare reform, transport and real estate.

You will learn from academics considered leaders in their fields and gain vital practical knowledge for shaping places, strengthening communities and improving policymaking.