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MA European Urbanisation

Key Facts

Mode: Campus- based

Duration: One year full- time

Course start date: October each year

Course Overview

The MA European Urbanisation is an interdisciplinary degree which intergrates European urban history and urban studies. The degree examines the city and its impact on European development from the earliest times to the present day.

Course Structure

In the first semester you will take the two core modules Historical Research Methods and The City in History. In the second semester you will study abroad in a major European city at one of our four partner universities.

Semester One Semester Two
Historical Research Methods  Study abroad at a partner institution 
The City in History   

Partner Institutions

Germany: Technische Universität Berlin

Department of History and Art History (website in German)

Germany: Technische Universität Darmstadt

Department of Social Sciences and History (website in German)

Ireland: University College Dublin

School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy

Sweden: Stockholms Universitet

Department of History (website in English)

There are a number of funding opportunities available for entry in 2012

For further information about the degree visit the Centre for Urban History or contact the course co-ordinator Professor Roey Sweet

Admissions Contact

Kate Crispin
Postgraduate Administrator
School of Historical Studies
University of Leicester
Marc Fitch House,
3/5 Salisbury Road
Leicester
LE1 7QR

T: +44(0)116 252 2378

F: +44(0)116 252 5769

E: historypg@le.ac.uk

Download Postgraduate Brochure (PDF)