Academic Program ยป MASTER PROGRAM IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

MASTER PROGRAM IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

 

LANGUAGE OF INTRUCTION:           Vietnamese

MODE OF STUDY:                              Full time

DURATION:                                        2 years

DEGREE:                                             Master

INTRODUCTION

Vietnam is one of the nations that have the fastest speed of urbanisation. Urbanisation and population growth result in the increase in land use, construction space, job demand, services, utilities and etc. Now, the urbanisation in Vietnam is facing many disadvantages such as strategy - policy making, unsystematical and uninterregional development management, momo-disciplinary development management. Thus, it is essential to change the thinking about management and urban development in order to turn the urban potentials into the motivations for economic development in the context of the industrial revolution 4.0.

The urbanisation requires the high quality human resources with systematical thinking, interdisciplinary approaches in urban development management. The master program in urban development management is an applied interdisciplinary progam that provides learners with essential knowledge and skills for urban development management in such related aspects as policy, enviroment, society, population, planning, architecture, construction and technology

TARGET

  • Regarding knowledge, students will be provided with the modern basic knowledge related to different aspects in urban development management and the profound knowledge about the integrated tools for urban development management.
  • As for skills, students will be supplied with the hard and soft skills according to the output of the program, have the ability to analyse, synthetise, eveluate competently different types of data related to urban development management and use the integrated technologies in order to propose the solutions to problems scientifically.
  • In terms of ability, students can apply the acquired knowledge and skills to the reality in localities, institutions and their working positions. In addition, students can take part in the international projects and forums on urban development management.

 

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

NO

CODE

 

Credit No

   I. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

7
  1.  

PHI 5001

Philosophy

3
  1.  

ENG 5001

English for General Purposes

4

   II. FUNDAMENTAL AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

48

  a. Fundamental knowledge (Required)

27
  1.  

SIS 6041

Urban Complexion in the Context of Development

3
  1.  

GLO 6042

Sustainable Urban Development in Urbanization

3
  1.  

SOC 6043

Urban population, Emigration and Social Mobility

3
  1.  

PEC 6044

Urban Economics, Finance and Policy Making

3
  1.  

GEO 6046

Urban Resistance to Climate Change

3
  1.  

ASL 6047

Urban Law & Goverment with Development Policies

3
  1.  

GEO 6048

Strategic Planning integrated into urban  territory development

3
  1.  

TNT 6049

Spatial Information Infrastructure in Urban  Development Management

3
  1.  

SIS 6050

Practice Project

3

  b. Professional knowledge (Optional)

21/66
  1.  

GEO 6081

Tools for Space Planning

3
  1.  

CRE 6082

Green Construction Integrated Design

2
  1.  

PEC 6083

Urban Housing and Subsistence in Development Policies

3
  1.  

SOC 6084

Urban Citizens’s livelihood

2
  1.  

SOC 6085

Cutures and Life styles of Urban Citizens

3
  1.  

SOC 6086

Urban Divergence, Stratification and Inequality

3
  1.  

MNS 6087

Conservation for Urban Heritage with Community Participation

3
  1.  

SOC 6088

Social Problems in Urban

2
  1.  

PEC 6089

Public Economics and Policies

3
  1.  

PEC 6090

Urban and Sub-urban Development Economics

3
  1.  

MNS 6091

Financial Infrastructure Management

2
  1.  

MNS 6092

Urban Puclic Service Management

3
  1.  

CRE 6103

Eco-based Approach in Urban Development Management

3
  1.  

CRE 6093

Environment Integration into Urban Management and Planning

3
  1.  

PEC 6094

Economics of Natural Resources & Green Growth for Urban Development

3
  1.  

SIS 6095

Professional skill Development for Urban Experts

2
  1.  

MNS 6096

Trends and Models in Housing Policy for Public

3
  1.  

SIS 6097

Action Plan and Development Cooperation in Urban Projects

3
  1.  

GLO 6098

Development Management for Underground Space & Urban Infrastructure

3
  1.  

SIS 6099

Methods of Experimental Analysis

3
  1.  

GLO 6100

Methods of Analysing Urban Space Structures

3
  1.  

MAT 7013

Applied Statistics

2
  1.  

SIS 6101

Interdisciplinary Internship

3
  1.  

SIS 6102

Seminars

3

III.

SIS 7205

Thesis

9

Total of accumulated credits

64

 

RECRUITEMENT

Those who want to apply for this master program should meet the following requirements:  

  • Holding the bachelor degrees in Architecture Technology and Construction, Architecture and Planning, Construction Management, Construction, Urban Forestry, Urban Arts (Without Supplementary Knowledge)
  • Holding the bachelor degrees in Natural Resource and Environment Management, State Management, Business Management, Economic Management, Law, Economics, Culture Management, Industrial Management, Geology, Communication and PR, Statistics, Cartography, Finance and Banking, Insurance, Rural Development, Welfare work, Computing (Supplementary Knowledge)

MODE OF RECRUITMENT

Taking the competitive examination in the form of VNU Scholastic Aptitute Test:

  • General exam subject: Aptitute Test 
  • Fundamental exam subject: History of Urban Development
  • Foreign language: English

 

For detailed information, please contact:

VNU – SIS

Add: G7 Building, 144 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Phone: +84243.754 7615 (Academic Affairs)

Hotline: 0912.691 227 (Mr. Nghi)

Website: http://sis.vnu.edu.vn

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